Freedom House Detroit

Analysis

Freedom House Detroit is a registered charity in United States, based in Detroit, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1987, 39 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, Freedom House Detroit reported income of $2.0m and spending of $1.4m, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from October 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $2.0m (+32%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 434%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Freedom House Detroit sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grow Food ($2.0m), Achieve WNC ($2.0m) and Partners for Our Communities ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $87k (6.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $471k. At year end it held assets of $4.8m against liabilities of $332k, net assets of $4.4m. It reported 19 employees.