Health Volunteers Overseas

Analysis

Health Volunteers Overseas is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1987, 39 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, Health Volunteers Overseas reported income of $633k and spending of $1.4m, spending 227% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.5m to $633k (-58%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 353%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Health Volunteers Overseas sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fundacion Costa Rica-Estados Unidos de America Para LA Cooperation ($633k), Defense Orientation Conference Association ($634k) and Maasai Girls Rescue Center Inc ($632k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $201k (14% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $505k. At year end it held assets of $7.6m against liabilities of $1.2m, net assets of $6.4m. It reported 13 employees.