Urban League of Union County Inc

Analysis

Urban League of Union County Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Elizabeth, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 December 2023, Urban League of Union County Inc reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.0m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $654k to $1.0m (+60%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Urban League of Union County Inc sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lakewood Community Services Center ($1.0m), Growing Seeds Child Development Center ($1.0m) and Lakeshore Regional Child Advocacy Center ($1.0m).

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 $406k. At year end it held assets of $540k against liabilities of $514k, net assets of $26k. It reported 12 employees.