A Work in Progress

Analysis

A Work in Progress is a registered charity in United States, based in Salina, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, A Work in Progress reported income of $94k and spending of $79k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $68k to $94k (+38%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, A Work in Progress sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 33rd percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shirley Ann Foundation Inc ($94k), Swan Center Outreach Inc ($94k) and Hunters Harvest for Charity ($94k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 33% and program service revenue 7.0% of the total. At year end it held assets of $21k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $21k.