Greater Good

Analysis

Greater Good is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2020, 6 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 May 2023, Greater Good reported income of $2.1m and spending of $2.2m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2023, income grew from $296k to $2.1m (+620%), an average of +168% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 585%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Greater Good sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Marriage and Family Life Consultants Incorporated ($2.1m), Family Promise of Orange County Inc ($2.1m) and Sunrise Community of Alabama Inc ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.3m. At year end it held assets of $101k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $101k.