Tree of Lives

Analysis

Tree of Lives is a registered charity in United States, based in Norfolk, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2016, 10 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 (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 2023, Tree of Lives reported income of $340k and spending of $405k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $444k to $340k (-23%), an average of -6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Tree of Lives sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rwanda Youth Partnership ($340k), Air Space and Missile Defense Association - Asmda ($340k) and Food for His Children ($340k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 101% of the total. At year end it held assets of $232k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $232k.