Southern New England Chapter of the Eastern Region of Appa Inc

Analysis

Southern New England Chapter of the Eastern Region of Appa Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Amherst, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2011, 15 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2024, Southern New England Chapter of the Eastern Region of Appa Inc reported income of $52k and spending of $55k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2020 to September 2024, income grew from $33k to $52k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 506%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Southern New England Chapter of the Eastern Region of Appa Inc sits at the 21st percentile: it is larger than about 21% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 29th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brotherhood and Welfare TR Fund ($52k), California Federation of Womens Clubs ($52k) and Bryant Way Resident Council Inc ($52k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2024, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $128k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $128k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.