Wireless Neighborhoods

Analysis

Wireless Neighborhoods is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic 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, Wireless Neighborhoods reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.5m, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.7m to $1.8m (+9.4%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Wireless Neighborhoods sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mississippi Delta Council for Farm Workers Opportunities Inc ($1.8m), B U I L D Inc ($1.8m) and Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.5% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $858k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $138k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 207 employees.