The Ben D Johnson Educational Center

Analysis

The Ben D Johnson Educational Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Natchitoches, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2016, 10 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, The Ben D Johnson Educational Center reported income of $280k and spending of $294k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $161k to $280k (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Ben D Johnson Educational Center sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southern Alamance High School Boosters ($280k), South Christian High School Foundation ($280k) and The Channel Inc ($280k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $139k. At year end it held assets of $247k against liabilities of $149k, net assets of $98k. It reported 5 employees.