United Action for Youth

Analysis

United Action for Youth is a registered charity in United States, based in Iowa City, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 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, United Action for Youth reported income of $2.1m and spending of $2.2m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $2.1m (+43%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, United Action for Youth sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include A Little More Support ($2.1m), Oaks Indian Mission Inc ($2.1m) and Downtown Hampton Child Care Council Inc ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% and program service revenue 15% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.4m. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $494k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 45 employees.