The Unforgotten

Analysis

The Unforgotten is a registered charity in United States, based in Ellicott City, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2008, 18 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, The Unforgotten reported income of $150k and spending of $138k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $87k to $150k (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Unforgotten sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 48th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hugs Project Incorporated ($150k), Skylab Foundation Inc ($150k) and Change 1 Mind Change 1 Life ($150k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $190k against liabilities of $3,417, net assets of $186k.