Answering the Call

Analysis

Answering the Call is a registered charity in United States, based in Lees Summit, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2022, Answering the Call reported income of $370k and spending of $241k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $285k to $370k (+30%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Answering the Call sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sociedad Puertorriquena de ($370k), Concerned Dewitt Citizens Ltd ($370k) and Capital Area Agency on Aging District II ($370k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $18k (7.6% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $398k against liabilities of $5,299, net assets of $393k. It reported 1 employees.