Sweet Auburn Works

Analysis

Sweet Auburn Works is a registered charity in United States, based in Atlanta, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2026. 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 2021, Sweet Auburn Works reported income of $82k and spending of $219k, spending 266% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2021, income fell from $153k to $82k (-46%), an average of -46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 156% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Sweet Auburn Works sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile, and in the 33rd percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cape Meares Community Association ($82k), Grand Junction Kiwanis Foundation ($82k) and Flower Mound Rotary Charities ($82k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $79k (36% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of -$29k.