Elka Child Educational Center Inc

Analysis

Elka Child Educational Center Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Gary, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1977, 49 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 June 2023, Elka Child Educational Center Inc reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.3m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $952k to $1.2m (+27%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Elka Child Educational Center Inc sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse Inc ($1.2m), Wesley Shelter Inc ($1.2m) and Our Mothers Home of Southwest Florida Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $457k. At year end it held assets of $749k against liabilities of $95k, net assets of $654k. It reported 22 employees.