Vivint Gives Back

Analysis

Vivint Gives Back is a registered charity in United States, based in Lehi, UT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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, Vivint Gives Back reported income of $3.4m and spending of $2.6m, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $3.4m (+174%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Vivint Gives Back sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within UT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Area I Agency on Aging ($3.4m), Raphael House of San Francisco Inc ($3.4m) and Pender Adult Services Inc ($3.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $307k. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $416k, net assets of $1.9m.