Telos Foundation

Analysis

Telos Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Fenton, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 2022, Telos Foundation reported income of $145k and spending of $198k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2022, income fell from $798k to $145k (-82%), an average of -82% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Telos Foundation sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile, and in the 44th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vermont Interfaith Action Inc ($145k), Reading-West Windsor Food Shelf Inc ($145k) and Assist - Flathead Valley ($145k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $75k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $75k.