Arizona Knowledge Empowerment and Advocacy Group

Analysis

Arizona Knowledge Empowerment and Advocacy Group is a registered charity in United States, based in Phoenix, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2014, 12 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 December 2023, Arizona Knowledge Empowerment and Advocacy Group reported income of $2.5m and spending of $2.2m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $680k to $2.5m (+265%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Arizona Knowledge Empowerment and Advocacy Group sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Casa San Jose ($2.5m), Healthierhere ($2.5m) and Hear Wisconsin Inc ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.1% and program service revenue 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.8m. At year end it held assets of $742k against liabilities of $2,632, net assets of $739k. It reported 16 employees.