Keep the Spark Alive Inc

Analysis

Keep the Spark Alive Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Kansas City, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Keep the Spark Alive Inc reported income of $303k and spending of $320k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $177k to $303k (+71%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Keep the Spark Alive Inc sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 59th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Learning and Families Inc ($303k), Kingston Montessori Academy ($303k) and Aurora School ($303k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 41% of the total. At year end it held assets of $20k against liabilities of $2,858, net assets of $18k.