Teachers Desk Inc

Analysis

Teachers Desk Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Buffalo, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 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 (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, Teachers Desk Inc reported income of $476k and spending of $447k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $379k to $476k (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Teachers Desk Inc sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mission Project Inc ($476k), Solutions for Urban Agriculture ($476k) and Chinuch Guidance and Support Inc ($476k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $38k (8.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $88k. At year end it held assets of $607k against liabilities of $2,478, net assets of $605k. It reported 6 employees.