Raising a Voice

Analysis

Raising a Voice is a registered charity in United States, based in Knoxville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2018, 8 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, Raising a Voice reported income of $439k and spending of $428k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $311k to $439k (+41%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 56%. 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, Raising a Voice sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Relief for Africa ($439k), Global Medical Relief Fund Inc ($440k) and American Friends of Livnot Ulehiba ($439k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $997k against liabilities of $475k, net assets of $522k.