Joint Council of Librarians of Color

Analysis

Joint Council of Librarians of Color is a registered charity in United States, based in Manhattan, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Joint Council of Librarians of Color reported income of $162k and spending of $207k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $32k to $162k (+400%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 4212%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Joint Council of Librarians of Color sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 48th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Valluvan Tamil Academy ($162k), The Epic Foundation Inc ($162k) and National Coalition for Community Capital - Nc3 ($162k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $507k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $507k.