Rural America Initiatives

Analysis

Rural America Initiatives is a registered charity in United States, based in Rapid City, SD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1987, 39 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 (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, Rural America Initiatives reported income of $8.5m and spending of $7.7m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $6.7m to $8.5m (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Rural America Initiatives sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within SD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Silicon Valley Education Foundation ($8.4m), Small Enterprise Assistance Funds ($8.5m) and Pueblo Diversified Industries Inc ($8.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $122k (1.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.7m. At year end it held assets of $12.4m against liabilities of $264k, net assets of $12.2m. It reported 147 employees.