Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Develop

Analysis

Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Develop is a registered charity in United States, based in New Orleans, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. 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, Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Develop reported income of $327k and spending of $429k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $223k to $327k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Develop sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fox Valley Healthcare Emergency Readiness Coalition Inc ($327k), Sloan Community Fire and Ambulance Department ($328k) and Guardian Hose Company Inc Volunteer Fire Company-86 ($327k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $166k. At year end it held assets of $0 against liabilities of $0, net assets of $0. It reported 1 employees.