Alternatives in Motion

Analysis

Alternatives in Motion is a registered charity in United States, based in Spring, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 March 2023, Alternatives in Motion reported income of $482k and spending of $288k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2020 to March 2023, income fell from $785k to $482k (-39%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2021, when income dropped by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Alternatives in Motion sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Free Bikes 4 Kidz ($482k), World of God ($483k) and Dvorskaya Alternative School ($482k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 17% and program service revenue 76% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $153k. At year end it held assets of $591k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $591k. It reported 3 employees.