B a S H

Analysis

B a S H is a registered charity in United States, based in Tacoma, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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, B a S H reported income of $986k and spending of $1.0m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $623k to $986k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, B a S H 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 79th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mount Joy Gift and Thrift ($986k), Black Oregon Land Trust ($986k) and Butterfly Bridge Childrens Advocacy Center Inc ($985k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $80k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $80k.