Junior League of Des Moines Inc

Analysis

Junior League of Des Moines Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Des Moines, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1952, 74 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic 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 May 2024, Junior League of Des Moines Inc reported income of $57k and spending of $55k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2024, income fell from $82k to $57k (-31%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Junior League of Des Moines Inc sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 22nd percentile, and in the 19th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East Liverpool Community Partnership for Revitalization ($57k), Lefrak City Youth and Adult Activit Eis Association Inc ($57k) and Ujima Language and Literacy ($57k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 25% and program service revenue 43% of the total. At year end it held assets of $561k against liabilities of $19k, net assets of $543k.