World Young Womens Christian Assoc

Analysis

World Young Womens Christian Assoc is a registered charity in United States, based in Switzerland. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3).

In the financial year ending December 2023, World Young Womens Christian Assoc reported income of $2.9m and spending of $3.7m, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.8m to $2.9m (+3.9%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 132% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, World Young Womens Christian Assoc sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass at ($2.9m), Mediators Foundation Inc ($3.0m) and University of Queensland in America Inc ($2.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $262k (7.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.3m. At year end it held assets of $14.5m against liabilities of $8.3m, net assets of $6.2m.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.