Refugee Empowerment Program

Analysis

Refugee Empowerment Program is a registered charity in United States, based in Memphis, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2019, 7 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, Refugee Empowerment Program reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.2m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2019 to March 2023, income grew from $350k to $1.3m (+269%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2021, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Refugee Empowerment Program sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Waxahachie C a R E Services ($1.3m), Ordinary Hero Foundation Inc ($1.3m) and Martin Luther King Jr Child Care Center ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $80k (6.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $529k. At year end it held assets of $428k against liabilities of $209k, net assets of $219k. It reported 27 employees.