Delaware County Literacy Council

Analysis

Delaware County Literacy Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Chester, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Delaware County Literacy Council reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.4m, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $1.8m (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Delaware County Literacy Council sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% 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 Childrens Scholarship Fund of Omaha ($1.8m), Albemarle Educational Foundation Inc ($1.8m) and A Childrens Academy Inc ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $921k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $328k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 41 employees.