Equal Rights Institute

Analysis

Equal Rights Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Sewell, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Equal Rights Institute reported income of $313k and spending of $354k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $368k to $313k (-15%), an average of -4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 29%. 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, Equal Rights Institute sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 69th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Red-Tailed Hawks Aviation Academy ($313k), Young Mens Christian Association of Warren and Bradley County Ark Inc ($313k) and Hawaii Employees Lifeline Program ($313k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% and program service revenue 19% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $93k (26% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $149k. At year end it held assets of $198k against liabilities of $40k, net assets of $158k. It reported 6 employees.