Right to Be Inc

Analysis

Right to Be Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Brooklyn, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 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 June 2023, Right to Be Inc reported income of $3.5m and spending of $4.2m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $404k to $3.5m (+771%), an average of +72% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 488%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Right to Be Inc sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Arc of East Ascension ($3.5m), Unlocal Inc ($3.5m) and Hopkins County Family Young Mens Christian Association Inc ($3.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 23% and program service revenue 77% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $330k (7.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $587k, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 44 employees.