Defend the Fatherless Inc

Analysis

Defend the Fatherless Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Fort Mill, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2019, 7 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, Defend the Fatherless Inc reported income of $638k and spending of $451k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $355k to $638k (+80%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 253%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Defend the Fatherless Inc sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Homicide Survivors Inc ($638k), Adventure for All Corporation ($638k) and Southeast Michigan Senior Regional Collaborative ($638k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $54k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $40k. At year end it held assets of $813k against liabilities of $2,311, net assets of $810k. It reported 2 employees.