Southside Early Childhood Center

Analysis

Southside Early Childhood Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1935, 91 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, Southside Early Childhood Center reported income of $5.5m and spending of $4.8m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $6.8m to $5.5m (-20%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Southside Early Childhood Center sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 91st percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newport Young Mens Christian Association ($5.5m), Lunch Break ($5.5m) and Pinnacle Oppurtunities Inc ($5.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% and program service revenue 9.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $142k (2.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.8m. At year end it held assets of $6.4m against liabilities of $228k, net assets of $6.1m. It reported 76 employees.