Free Migration Project

Analysis

Free Migration Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Philadelphia, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2017, 9 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, Free Migration Project reported income of $178k and spending of $204k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $189k to $178k (-5.8%), an average of -3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Free Migration Project sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 49th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chadasha Foundation ($178k), Lend-A-Hand Mission Teams Inc ($178k) and Into Africa Inc ($178k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 81% and program service revenue 17% of the total. At year end it held assets of $16k against liabilities of $31k, net assets of -$15k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.