Simon Says Foundation Hope Projects

Analysis

Simon Says Foundation Hope Projects is a registered charity in United States, based in Midway, UT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Simon Says Foundation Hope Projects reported income of $282k and spending of $431k, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $385k to $282k (-27%), an average of -7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 253%. Over the whole period it spent 143% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Simon Says Foundation Hope Projects sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 59th percentile within UT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Springs of Hope Kenya Inc ($282k), Kolel America Tiferes Jerusalem ($282k) and The Sacred Portion Childrens Outreach Inc ($282k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 81% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.9m.