Orphan Aid Society

Analysis

Orphan Aid Society is a registered charity in United States, based in N Charleston, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1942, 84 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, Orphan Aid Society reported income of $160k and spending of $130k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income fell from $1.4m to $160k (-89%), an average of -35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 258%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Orphan Aid Society sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include MRCS V Inc ($160k), Why Not Ministries ($160k) and Engera Inc ($160k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $192k, net assets of $997k.