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Force Blue Inc

RegisteredEIN 81-2921674Mt Pleasant, SCGrant-making and general purposes
Income$88k2023-12
Spending$398ksame year
Spent / received105%5-year average
Size in its cause39th pctGrant-making and general purposes
Exempt since2016Publicly supported organisat
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Force Blue Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Mt Pleasant, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2016, 10 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, Force Blue Inc reported income of $88k and spending of $398k, spending 451% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $640k to $88k (-86%), an average of -39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Force Blue Inc sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile, and in the 39th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cactus Jack Foundation Inc ($88k), Woodstock Rotary Foundation Inc ($88k) and Events for a Cause ($88k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 64% of the total. At year end it held assets of $237k against liabilities of $144k, net assets of $93k.

Income and spending

$0$199k$399k$598k$798k2019 Income: $639,9412019 Spending: $777,83820192020 Income: $692,5892020 Spending: $403,25120202021 Income: $797,9332021 Spending: $659,05520212022 Income: $653,7382022 Spending: $784,17520222023 Income: $88,4442023 Spending: $398,4462023
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Contributions & grants 64%
  • Other 36%

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Cactus Jack Foundation IncWaterford$88k
Woodstock Rotary Foundation IncWoodstock$88k
Events for a CauseWDM$88k
Bma-Na Humanitarian & Educational FundBaltimore$89k