The Change Center

Analysis

The Change Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Knoxville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth 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, The Change Center reported income of $495k and spending of $703k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $966k to $495k (-49%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Change Center sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Always Our Kids Inc ($495k), Girls on the Run - DC ($495k) and Youth Leadership Incubator Inc ($494k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 67% and program service revenue 33% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $290k. At year end it held assets of $3.8m against liabilities of $876k, net assets of $2.9m. It reported 49 employees.