Twende Solar

Analysis

Twende Solar is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Twende Solar reported income of $278k and spending of $328k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $211k to $278k (+31%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Twende Solar sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 60th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kindred Journey Fund Inc ($278k), Good Hands Ministries ($278k) and Miracles in Action Inc ($278k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $75k. At year end it held assets of $194k against liabilities of $35, net assets of $194k. It reported 1 employees.