Boxes of Basics

Analysis

Boxes of Basics is a registered charity in United States, based in Manassas, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2018, 8 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 December 2023, Boxes of Basics reported income of $181k and spending of $161k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $74k to $181k (+145%), an average of +145% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 145%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Boxes of Basics sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 51st percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Solomon Family Solutions ($181k), Texas Healthy at Home ($181k) and Indiana Masonic Charities Incorporated ($181k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $49k (30% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1,800. At year end it held assets of $55k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $55k. It reported 2 employees.