East Tennessee Equality Council Inc

Analysis

East Tennessee Equality Council Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Knoxville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover civil rights, social action and advocacy, which this site groups under human rights and equality. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, East Tennessee Equality Council Inc reported income of $244k and spending of $248k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $195k to $244k (+25%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, East Tennessee Equality Council Inc sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Branch of Goodness Agape Rehabilitation Center ($244k), Long Beach Latino Civic Association Inc ($244k) and Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Dealth Penalty ($244k).

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 $68k. At year end it held assets of $2,809 against liabilities of $11k, net assets of -$8,326.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.