Campaign for Southern Equality

Analysis

Campaign for Southern Equality is a registered charity in United States, based in Asheville, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2011, 15 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 (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, Campaign for Southern Equality reported income of $2.7m and spending of $2.1m, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $671k to $2.7m (+299%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Campaign for Southern Equality 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 88th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Traffick911 ($2.7m), National Organization on Disability ($2.7m) and Illumine Service Foundation Inc ($2.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $114k (5.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $691k. It paid $70k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $3.1m against liabilities of $76k, net assets of $3.1m. It reported 15 employees.