Tavon Center

Analysis

Tavon Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Issaquah, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2003, 23 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, Tavon Center reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.6m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $1.8m (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 123%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Tavon Center sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ministry with Community Inc ($1.8m), Life Learning Center Inc ($1.8m) and Alternatives to Violence Inc ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 45% and program service revenue 50% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $116k (7.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $887k. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $22k, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 34 employees.