Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio

Analysis

Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio is a registered charity in United States, based in Cincinnati, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1953, 73 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 December 2023, Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio reported income of $11.7m and spending of $11.9m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.9m to $11.7m (+137%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Outreach Community Ministries Inc ($11.7m), Toomey Residential and Community Services Corp ($11.7m) and Lafourche Arc ($11.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% and program service revenue 15% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $488k (4.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $4.9m. At year end it held assets of $8.7m against liabilities of $1.4m, net assets of $7.3m. It reported 189 employees.