Serving Our World

Analysis

Serving Our World is a registered charity in United States, based in Honolulu, HI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2004, 22 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 2023, Serving Our World reported income of $65k and spending of $94k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $113k to $65k (-43%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Serving Our World sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 25th percentile, and in the 25th percentile within HI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Texas Pantry ($65k), Isanti County Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Inc ($65k) and El Paso County Homeless Veterans Coalition ($65k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $34k against liabilities of $394, net assets of $34k.