Sjac

Analysis

Sjac is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 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, Sjac reported income of $3.5m and spending of $3.5m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $3.5m (+143%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Sjac sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Youth with a Mission El Paso & Juarez ($3.5m), American Friends of Yaadir Torah ($3.5m) and Sudanese American Physicians Association ($3.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $160k (4.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $588k. At year end it held assets of $977k against liabilities of $655k, net assets of $322k. It reported 14 employees.