Teen Challenge of Birmingham Inc

Analysis

Teen Challenge of Birmingham Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Lincoln, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1973, 53 years ago. 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, Teen Challenge of Birmingham Inc reported income of $2.6m and spending of $2.7m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.1m to $2.6m (+21%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Teen Challenge of Birmingham Inc sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Care Help of Sulphur Inc ($2.6m), United Way of South Central Tennessee ($2.6m) and Safe Harbor of Northeast Kentucky Inc ($2.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $727k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $121k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 59 employees.