Beautification Council

Analysis

Beautification Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2015, 11 years ago. 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 2023, Beautification Council reported income of $856k and spending of $960k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $430k to $856k (+99%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 164%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Beautification Council sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Growth Factory ($856k), Radiant Hands Inc ($856k) and Sharing Our Roots ($856k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $245k (25% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $165k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $165k.