Fortress

Analysis

Fortress is a registered charity in United States, based in Anchorage, AK. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover crime and legal-related, which this site groups under human rights and equality. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Fortress reported income of $104k and spending of $101k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $88k to $104k (+18%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Fortress sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile, and in the 33rd percentile within AK. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Ernie Pyle Development Fund Inc ($104k), Friends of the Will County Child Advocacy Center ($104k) and Karamah-A Muslim Women Lawyers Committee for Human Rights Inc ($104k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $76k against liabilities of $347, net assets of $76k.