Government Accountability & Oversight

Analysis

Government Accountability & Oversight is a registered charity in United States, based in Sheridan, WY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public and societal benefit, which this site groups under other charitable 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, Government Accountability & Oversight reported income of $574k and spending of $471k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $965k to $574k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Government Accountability & Oversight sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 74th percentile within WY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clatsop Community College Foundation ($574k), Pitt Street Housing Development Fund Corporation ($574k) and Shepherds Cove Clothing Pantry Inc ($574k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.8m.