Arrow

Analysis

Arrow is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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, Arrow reported income of $1.4m and spending of $791k, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $525k to $1.4m (+174%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 225%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Arrow sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 61st percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mercy Incorporated ($1.4m), E L E M Youth in Distress Inc ($1.4m) and Spring Impact Incorporated ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $130k, net assets of $1.2m.