Costumes for a Cause

Analysis

Costumes for a Cause is a registered charity in United States, based in Gulfport, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Costumes for a Cause reported income of $52k and spending of $62k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $70k to $52k (-26%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Costumes for a Cause sits at the 16th percentile: it is larger than about 16% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 21st percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clovis Hospital Guild ($52k), Interactive Media Institute ($52k) and Mind First Foundation ($52k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 45% of the total. At year end it held assets of $140k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $140k.