Assess the Need

Analysis

Assess the Need is a registered charity in United States, based in Livingston, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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 December 2023, Assess the Need reported income of $54k and spending of $29k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $77k to $54k (-30%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Assess the Need sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 21st percentile, and in the 21st percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lapeer County Ffa Alumni & Boosters Association ($54k), Bethesda Elementary Parent Teacher Organization ($54k) and Educating Childrens Future Community Center ($54k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 108% of the total. At year end it held assets of $103k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $103k.