Friends in Action

Analysis

Friends in Action is a registered charity in United States, based in Ellsworth, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 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, Friends in Action reported income of $247k and spending of $312k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $225k to $247k (+9.5%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Friends in Action sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Youth Connections Inc ($247k), Blue Ridge Pride Center Inc ($247k) and Aishal Avraham of Las Vegas ($247k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 47% and program service revenue 34% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $185k. At year end it held assets of $722k against liabilities of $507, net assets of $722k. It reported 4 employees.