Topss

Analysis

Topss is a registered charity in United States, based in Oxford, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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 2023, Topss reported income of $274k and spending of $327k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $340k to $274k (-19%), an average of -6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Topss sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 60th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 2-1-1 Humboldt Information and Resource Center ($274k), Sister Stans Children Inc ($274k) and Cancer Wellness Center of Nepa ($274k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $51k (16% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $59k. At year end it held assets of $235k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $235k. It reported 16 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.