Clean Memphis Organization

Analysis

Clean Memphis Organization is a registered charity in United States, based in Memphis, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, Clean Memphis Organization reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.2m, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $777k to $1.5m (+95%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Clean Memphis Organization sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 85th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Manufacture Good ($1.5m), Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corp ($1.5m) and Project Optimism ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 0.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $121k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $485k. At year end it held assets of $842k against liabilities of $16k, net assets of $826k. It reported 13 employees.