The Refugee Collective

Analysis

The Refugee Collective is a registered charity in United States, based in Austin, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, The Refugee Collective reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.1m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $730k to $1.1m (+54%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Refugee Collective sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 84th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Rio Grande Valley ($1.1m), Flemington Area Food Pantry Inc ($1.1m) and Love Your Brain Foundation Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% and program service revenue 19% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $69k (6.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $589k. At year end it held assets of $569k against liabilities of $128k, net assets of $441k. It reported 33 employees.