West Georgia Star Inc

Analysis

West Georgia Star Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Lagrange, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2016, 10 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 March 2023, West Georgia Star Inc reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.2m, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to March 2023, income grew from $324k to $1.8m (+447%), an average of +53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 184%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, West Georgia Star Inc sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Adapt Inc ($1.8m), The Inn at Deerfield ($1.8m) and Fox Manor Inc ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 72% and program service revenue 19% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $284k. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $213k, net assets of $1.3m.