East Harris County Empowerment Council

Analysis

East Harris County Empowerment Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2009, 17 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, East Harris County Empowerment Council reported income of $760k and spending of $1.1m, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $239k to $760k (+218%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2019, when income rose by 191%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, East Harris County Empowerment Council sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Engagement and Opportunity Council ($760k), Aim Action-In-Maturity ($760k) and Prosperity Lab ($760k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $518k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $382k, net assets of $896k. It reported 17 employees.