Tigray Disaster Relief Fund

Analysis

Tigray Disaster Relief Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Katy, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. 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, Tigray Disaster Relief Fund reported income of $301k and spending of $437k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $212k to $301k (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Tigray Disaster Relief Fund sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 66th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Betterton Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($300k), Emergency Management Association of Tennessee ($301k) and McLean Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($300k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $113k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $113k.