The Be the People Project

Analysis

The Be the People Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Brentwood, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2011, 15 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, The Be the People Project reported income of $55k and spending of $51k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $149k to $55k (-63%), an average of -63% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Be the People Project sits at the 19th percentile: it is larger than about 19% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 21st percentile, and in the 20th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fundacion Hogar de LA Misericordia Inc ($55k), Adams Angels ($55k) and Meals on Wheels of Carlisle ($55k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $169k against liabilities of $2,236, net assets of $166k.