Amherst Committee for a Better Chance

Analysis

Amherst Committee for a Better Chance is a registered charity in United States, based in Amherst, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1968, 58 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 June 2024, Amherst Committee for a Better Chance reported income of $182k and spending of $132k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $120k to $182k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Amherst Committee for a Better Chance sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 56th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shadow Creek High School Athletic Booster Club ($182k), San Francisco Rock Project ($182k) and Washington Local Schools Foundation ($182k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 35% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $16k. At year end it held assets of $916k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $916k. It reported 2 employees.