Employment Connection

Analysis

Employment Connection is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1977, 49 years ago. 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, Employment Connection reported income of $6.7m and spending of $6.7m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $5.2m to $6.7m (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Employment Connection sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pradera Corporation ($6.7m), Emerge Community Development ($6.7m) and The Childrens Learning Center Inc ($6.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 16% and program service revenue 81% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $528k (7.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $4.4m. At year end it held assets of $7.1m against liabilities of $239k, net assets of $6.8m. It reported 282 employees.