Cents for Innocents

Analysis

Cents for Innocents is a registered charity in United States, based in San Clemente, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Cents for Innocents reported income of $136k and spending of $64k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $98k to $136k (+38%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cents for Innocents sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Recovery Fellowship Ministries Inc ($136k), Timber Rattlers Give Back Inc ($136k) and Grannys Attic ($136k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $166k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $166k.