Americas Best Charities

Analysis

Americas Best Charities is a registered charity in United States, based in San Rafael, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1993, 33 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending April 2024, Americas Best Charities reported income of $6.4m and spending of $6.9m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2020 to April 2024, income fell from $9.2m to $6.4m (-30%), an average of -8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2021, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Americas Best Charities sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 94th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Way of West Alabama Inc ($6.4m), Community Foundation of St Clair County ($6.4m) and Techbridge Inc ($6.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending April 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $7.2m against liabilities of $6.9m, net assets of $254k.