Operation Be Kind

Analysis

Operation Be Kind is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Ana, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Operation Be Kind reported income of $51k and spending of $88k, spending 173% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $50k to $51k (+2.2%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 154% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Operation Be Kind sits at the 26th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 22nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include David Lives on ($51k), Andrews Special Kids Foundation ($51k) and Livermore Rodeo Foundation ($51k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% of the total. At year end it held assets of $124k against liabilities of $190k, net assets of -$66k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.