Santa for a Day

Analysis

Santa for a Day is a registered charity in United States, based in Evanston, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Santa for a Day reported income of $227k and spending of $238k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $181k to $227k (+26%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Santa for a Day sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Batavia United Way ($227k), Pauliestrong Foundation Inc ($227k) and Rasm Realtors Charitable Foundation Inc ($227k).

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 $37k against liabilities of $38k, net assets of -$1,160.