Sioux Falls Area Court Appointed Special Advocate Program

Analysis

Sioux Falls Area Court Appointed Special Advocate Program is a registered charity in United States, based in Sioux Falls, SD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover civil rights, social action and advocacy, which this site groups under human rights and equality. 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, Sioux Falls Area Court Appointed Special Advocate Program reported income of $1.1m and spending of $851k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $683k to $1.1m (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Sioux Falls Area Court Appointed Special Advocate Program sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within SD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta Inc ($1.1m), James D Stclair Court Public Education Project Boston Bar FND ($1.1m) and White Buffalo Calf Womens Society ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $97k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $390k. At year end it held assets of $805k against liabilities of $54k, net assets of $751k. It reported 14 employees.