Vibrant & Safe Downtown

Analysis

Vibrant & Safe Downtown is a registered charity in United States, based in Minneapolis, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover crime and legal-related, which this site groups under human rights and equality. 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, Vibrant & Safe Downtown reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.9m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $650k to $1.8m (+175%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 418%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Vibrant & Safe Downtown sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Disability Rights Rhode Island ($1.8m), Families and Friends of Louisianasincarcerated Children ($1.8m) and Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $52k. At year end it held assets of $78k against liabilities of $9,148, net assets of $68k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.