Mission 44

Analysis

Mission 44 is a registered charity in United States, based in Bessemer, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 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 December 2023, Mission 44 reported income of $52k and spending of $57k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $79k to $52k (-33%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Mission 44 sits at the 18th percentile: it is larger than about 18% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 19th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Have a Heart Foundation of Staten Island Inc ($52k), Alli and Aiden Foundation Inc ($52k) and White Stone Warriors Inc ($52k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $12k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $12k.