Shining City Foundation Inc

Analysis

Shining City Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Urbandale, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2004, 22 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 December 2023, Shining City Foundation Inc reported income of $67k and spending of $20k, leaving 71% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $82k to $67k (-19%), an average of -5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Shining City Foundation Inc sits at the 24th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 26th percentile, and in the 24th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Center for Values in International Development ($67k), Provision of Grace Outreach ($67k) and Asia Pacific Career Development Association Inc ($67k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 59% of the total. At year end it held assets of $609k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $609k.