Operation Kids Inc

Analysis

Operation Kids Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Texarkana, AR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1990, 36 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Operation Kids Inc reported income of $2.4m and spending of $2.4m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $2.4m (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Operation Kids Inc sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within AR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Individual Empowerment Inc ($2.4m), Guardian Angel Thrift ($2.4m) and Community Transportation Network Inc ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $301k. At year end it held assets of $279k against liabilities of $203k, net assets of $76k. It reported 16 employees.