Amos Institute of Public Life

Analysis

Amos Institute of Public Life is a registered charity in United States, based in Des Moines, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2011, 15 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 June 2024, Amos Institute of Public Life reported income of $144k and spending of $221k, spending 154% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income fell from $383k to $144k (-63%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 127%. 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, Amos Institute of Public Life sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include World of Change Inc ($144k), Genesis Foundation ($144k) and Fort Drum Thrift Shop Inc ($144k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $180k against liabilities of $150, net assets of $180k.