Tender Years

Analysis

Tender Years is a registered charity in United States, based in Clearfield, UT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2000, 26 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, Tender Years reported income of $1.0m and spending of $857k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $620k to $1.0m (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 142%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Tender Years sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within UT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heartline Ministries ($1.0m), Covenant Care Services Inc ($1.0m) and Doctors Goodwill Foundation Inc ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% and program service revenue 27% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $216k (25% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $102k. At year end it held assets of $403k against liabilities of $21k, net assets of $382k. It reported 22 employees.