Make the Connection

Analysis

Make the Connection is a registered charity in United States, based in Austin, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Make the Connection reported income of $103k and spending of $636k, spending 615% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $1.3m to $103k (-92%), an average of -92% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Make the Connection sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile, and in the 40th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Williamsburg Aviation Scholarship Program ($103k), HTH Charitable Foundations ($103k) and National Marine Institute Inc ($103k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 495% of the total. At year end it held assets of $27k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $27k.