Wounded Heroes of America

Analysis

Wounded Heroes of America is a registered charity in United States, based in Hawthorne, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2005, 21 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 (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, Wounded Heroes of America reported income of $186k and spending of $171k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $232k to $186k (-20%), an average of -5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Wounded Heroes of America sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 54th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association of State Floodplain Managers Foundation ($186k), New Hampshire Troopers Foundation Inc ($186k) and Gleaners of South Lake County Inc ($186k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $85k. At year end it held assets of $230k against liabilities of $7,326, net assets of $223k. It reported 4 employees.