Wiraqocha Foundation for the Preservation of Indigenous Wisdom

Analysis

Wiraqocha Foundation for the Preservation of Indigenous Wisdom is a registered charity in United States, based in Naalehu, HI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 May 2024, Wiraqocha Foundation for the Preservation of Indigenous Wisdom reported income of $507k and spending of $395k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2024, income grew from $292k to $507k (+74%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wiraqocha Foundation for the Preservation of Indigenous Wisdom sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within HI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brave Like Gabe Foundation ($507k), Bonner General Hospital Foundation Inc ($507k) and Bridges to Health Inc ($507k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 56% and program service revenue 39% of the total. At year end it held assets of $307k against liabilities of $1,000, net assets of $306k.