Objective Zero Foundation

Analysis

Objective Zero Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Sioux Falls, SD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Objective Zero Foundation reported income of $519k and spending of $375k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $490k to $519k (+6.0%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Objective Zero Foundation sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 71st percentile within SD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Helen Wheeler Center for Community Mental Health ($519k), Three Rivers Ambulance Service Inc ($520k) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons Foundation Inc ($519k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $98k (26% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $473k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $473k. It reported 2 employees.