Sweet Adelines International

Analysis

Sweet Adelines International is a registered charity in United States, based in Derby, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1965, 61 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending April 2024, Sweet Adelines International reported income of $211k and spending of $199k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2020 to April 2024, income grew from $183k to $211k (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2021, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Sweet Adelines International sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life ($211k), Little League Baseball Inc ($211k) and Pop Warner Little Scholars Inc ($211k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending April 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% and program service revenue 8.8% of the total. At year end it held assets of $229k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $229k.