Adopt International

Analysis

Adopt International is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Adopt International reported income of $830k and spending of $697k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $541k to $830k (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Adopt International sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Arc of Texas ($830k), Bridge Pomoja ($831k) and The Highlands Community Development Corporation ($830k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 30% and program service revenue 67% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $120k (17% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $290k against liabilities of $46k, net assets of $244k. It reported 10 employees.