S a Yes

Analysis

S a Yes is a registered charity in United States, based in San Antonio, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 May 2023, S a Yes reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.8m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2019 to May 2023, income grew from $458k to $1.7m (+274%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2021, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, S a Yes sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include La-Tech Org ($1.7m), Hospital for Special Care Foundation Inc ($1.7m) and Concern Foundation ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $120k (6.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $251k. At year end it held assets of $536k against liabilities of $9,442, net assets of $527k. It reported 6 employees.