Bayou Civic Club

Analysis

Bayou Civic Club is a registered charity in United States, based in Larose, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1987, 39 years ago. 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, Bayou Civic Club reported income of $1.1m and spending of $994k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $612k to $1.1m (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 154%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Bayou Civic Club sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 80th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rooted School Washington ($1.1m), William Jeanes Memorial Library ($1.1m) and Fresh Start Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 38% and program service revenue 29% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $179k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $12k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 5 employees.