Urban Alliance

Analysis

Urban Alliance is a registered charity in United States, based in Kalamazoo, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Urban Alliance reported income of $3.0m and spending of $1.7m, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $3.9m to $3.0m (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 152%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Urban Alliance sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Giving Compass Network ($3.0m), Henry County Community Foundation Inc ($3.0m) and One Valley Community Foundation ($3.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 103% and program service revenue 0.4% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $137k (7.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $615k. At year end it held assets of $4.5m against liabilities of $70k, net assets of $4.4m. It reported 18 employees.