Junior League of Wilmington Inc

Analysis

Junior League of Wilmington Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Wilmington, DE. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1942, 84 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending May 2024, Junior League of Wilmington Inc reported income of $94k and spending of $141k, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from May 2019 to May 2024, income fell from $107k to $94k (-12%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Junior League of Wilmington Inc sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 31st percentile within DE. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sweet Inspirations LLC ($94k), Adrian M Brooks Sr Foundation Inc ($94k) and Comite Desarrollo Social Y Cultural Daguao Inc ($94k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 41% and program service revenue 6.6% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $19k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $23k, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 1 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.