Sent Inc

Analysis

Sent Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Topeka, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, Sent Inc reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.3m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $293k to $1.2m (+309%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 158%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Sent Inc sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Western Connecticut Coalition Inc ($1.2m), Knoxville Cbid Management Corporation ($1.2m) and Newburgh Community Land Bank Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 109% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $138k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $215k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $1.0m, net assets of $587k. It reported 42 employees.