Attention Inc

Analysis

Attention Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Boulder, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1967, 59 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 September 2023, Attention Inc reported income of $4.5m and spending of $4.6m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $2.7m to $4.5m (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Attention Inc sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Make-A-Wish Nevada ($4.5m), Clinton Hill Community and Early Childhood Center Inc ($4.5m) and Rolling Hills Progress Center Inc ($4.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 11% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $703k (15% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.2m. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $853k, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 107 employees.