Blue Ridge Developmental Day

Analysis

Blue Ridge Developmental Day is a registered charity in United States, based in Sparta, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Blue Ridge Developmental Day reported income of $308k and spending of $352k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $305k to $308k (+0.9%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Blue Ridge Developmental Day sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 61st percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Compton Magic ($308k), Jois Angels ($308k) and Des Moines Refugee Support ($307k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 1.0% and program service revenue 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $49k (14% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $191k. At year end it held assets of $123k against liabilities of $4,347, net assets of $118k. It reported 14 employees.