Ujima Language and Literacy

Analysis

Ujima Language and Literacy is a registered charity in United States, based in Springfield, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, Ujima Language and Literacy reported income of $57k and spending of $42k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $60k to $57k (-6.3%), an average of -6.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Ujima Language and Literacy sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 22nd percentile, and in the 20th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Children of Tibet Trust Foundation ($57k), East Liverpool Community Partnership for Revitalization ($57k) and Southern Oregon Veterans Benefit ($57k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $61k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $61k.