Children and the Earth

Analysis

Children and the Earth is a registered charity in United States, based in Sandy, UT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1999, 27 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, Children and the Earth reported income of $318k and spending of $329k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $124k to $318k (+156%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 159%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Children and the Earth sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 61st percentile within UT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Locker Lunch Inc ($318k), Lila Maes House ($318k) and Friends of Forgotten Children ($318k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 19% of the total. At year end it held assets of $72k against liabilities of $6,705, net assets of $66k.