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Screen a listAvow Inc
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- Type III, functionally integrated
$4.8Mrevenue
FY202425staff
8 of 8years filed
’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin0.6%
Months of reserve4.5mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+222.6%
Middle half of peersMedianAvow
Where the money goes FY2024 · $4.8M spent
Programs$530k11%Management and general$4.3M89%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$3k in FY2022 and −$5k in FY2023. Cash covers 4.5 months, above the peer median of 3.4.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor2
Strong governance
14 of 15 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements, board reviews the 990.
990 Part VIGrowing faster than peers
Revenue up 223% a year since FY2018, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort13funders
$24ka year, last 3 years
42%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Donahue Family Foundation IncEvery year since FY2017$10k$10k$10k$10k$10k$10k$10kMoorings Park Foundation IncOn and off$20k$20kThe Charles F and Ruth J Knippenberg Foundation IncOn and off$5kSmith Family FoundationOn and off$1kThe Jim & Jennifer Rooney Family Foundation IncNew in FY2023$1kKenneth D Bane Foundation IncNew in FY2023$500Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$10k$20k3 other fundersUp to $5k a year each$5k$5k$200$200
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund