Ujamaa Place

Analysis

Ujamaa Place is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Paul, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2010, 16 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, Ujamaa Place reported income of $3.0m and spending of $2.7m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.2m to $3.0m (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ujamaa Place sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Forefront Living ($3.0m), Stoddard County Association for Retarded Citizens Inc ($3.0m) and Shabach Ministries Inc ($3.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $275k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $580k. It paid $164k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $5.4m against liabilities of $355k, net assets of $5.1m. It reported 14 employees.