Human Action Foundation

Analysis

Human Action Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Lee, NH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, Human Action Foundation reported income of $61k and spending of $55k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income fell from $141k to $61k (-57%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 200%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Human Action Foundation sits at the 24th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 24th percentile, and in the 25th percentile within NH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ivy Vine Charities Incorporated ($61k), Better Business Bureau of Arkansas Education Foundation Inc ($61k) and Augusta College Echo Hall Association ($61k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 2.9% of the total. At year end it held assets of $517k against liabilities of $155k, net assets of $362k.