Special Kids Inc

Analysis

Special Kids Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Murfreesboro, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Special Kids Inc reported income of $3.2m and spending of $4.2m, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $4.1m to $3.2m (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Special Kids Inc sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation ($3.2m), Counseling and Support Services for Youth ($3.2m) and Mha Health Foundation ($3.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 40% and program service revenue 53% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $427k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.1m. At year end it held assets of $7.0m against liabilities of $349k, net assets of $6.7m. It reported 79 employees.