Women Sharing Hope

Analysis

Women Sharing Hope is a registered charity in United States, based in Bellingham, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 August 2024, Women Sharing Hope reported income of $72k and spending of $70k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from August 2022 to August 2024, income grew from $28k to $72k (+161%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 107%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Women Sharing Hope sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 28th percentile, and in the 23rd percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Horn Memorial Hospital Foundation ($72k), National Charity League ($72k) and Knights Trust Inc ($72k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending August 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 21% of the total. At year end it held assets of $17k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $17k.