South Carolina Youth Advocate Program Inc

Analysis

South Carolina Youth Advocate Program Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbia, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, South Carolina Youth Advocate Program Inc reported income of $27.1m and spending of $21.0m, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $26.5m to $27.1m (+2.1%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, South Carolina Youth Advocate Program Inc sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nupath Inc ($27.0m), Lutheran Child & Family Service of Michigan ($27.1m) and Leader Dogs for the Blind ($27.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 15% and program service revenue 80% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $1.3m (6.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $8.8m. At year end it held assets of $57.5m against liabilities of $8.5m, net assets of $49.0m. It reported 407 employees.