Carolina Youth Action Project

Analysis

Carolina Youth Action Project is a registered charity in United States, based in N Charleston, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2011, 15 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, Carolina Youth Action Project reported income of $248k and spending of $445k, spending 179% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $241k to $248k (+3.2%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Carolina Youth Action Project sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association of Leadership Programs ($248k), Waco Goodfellas Inc ($248k) and Houston Contemporary Dance Company ($248k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $160k (36% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $182k. At year end it held assets of $83k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $83k. It reported 7 employees.