Lower East Side Girls Club

Analysis

Lower East Side Girls Club is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. 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 2023, Lower East Side Girls Club reported income of $6.4m and spending of $5.4m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $2.9m to $6.4m (+121%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Lower East Side Girls Club sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 91st percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Children-Portland ($6.4m), Rancho Cielo Inc ($6.4m) and Victory Junction Gang Camp Inc ($6.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 0.4% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $2.5m. At year end it held assets of $24.0m against liabilities of $3.5m, net assets of $20.5m. It reported 61 employees.