Baltimore Urban League

Analysis

Baltimore Urban League is a registered charity in United States, based in Baltimore, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1950, 76 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 June 2023, Baltimore Urban League reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.4m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $857k to $1.6m (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Baltimore Urban League sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sweetwater Family Resource Center ($1.6m), Community Options ($1.6m) and Smart Futures ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% and program service revenue 1.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $221k (16% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $339k. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $1.3m, net assets of $868k. It reported 8 employees.