Waves 4 Women

Analysis

Waves 4 Women is a registered charity in United States, based in Charleston, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Waves 4 Women reported income of $90k and spending of $81k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $12k to $90k (+669%), an average of +177% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 517%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Waves 4 Women sits at the 26th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile, and in the 40th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Not a Glum Lot ($90k), Pella Area Teams to Honduras ($90k) and Elixir Fund ($90k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% and program service revenue 15% of the total. At year end it held assets of $55k against liabilities of $765, net assets of $54k.