Court Appointed Special Advocates of South Mississippi

Analysis

Court Appointed Special Advocates of South Mississippi is a registered charity in United States, based in Bay St Louis, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover crime and legal-related, which this site groups under human rights and equality. 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, Court Appointed Special Advocates of South Mississippi reported income of $546k and spending of $452k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $382k to $546k (+43%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Court Appointed Special Advocates of South Mississippi sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Minnesota Chapter of the National Childrens Alliance ($545k), Daybreak Inc ($546k) and Disability Rights International Inc ($545k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% and program service revenue 0.8% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $268k. At year end it held assets of $679k against liabilities of $118k, net assets of $561k. It reported 5 employees.