Dress for Success Luzerne County

Analysis

Dress for Success Luzerne County is a registered charity in United States, based in Wilkes Barre, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth 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, Dress for Success Luzerne County reported income of $236k and spending of $130k, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $146k to $236k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Dress for Success Luzerne County sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 55th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Guatemalan Educational Outreach Inc ($236k), Kansas Youth Empowerment Academy Incorporated ($236k) and Detroit Impact Inc ($236k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $64k (49% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $352k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $352k. It reported 2 employees.