Amigos de Las Americas

Analysis

Amigos de Las Americas is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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 September 2023, Amigos de Las Americas reported income of $108k and spending of $89k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $174k to $108k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 522%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Amigos de Las Americas sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile, and in the 39th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Haitian Peoples Support Project Inc ($108k), Safe Water International Ministries ($108k) and Himali Indigenous Services ($108k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% and program service revenue 19% of the total. At year end it held assets of $150k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $150k.