Growing Seeds Child Development Center

Analysis

Growing Seeds Child Development Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1999, 27 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, Growing Seeds Child Development Center reported income of $1.0m and spending of $693k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $306k to $1.0m (+242%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Growing Seeds Child Development Center sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Urban League of Union County Inc ($1.0m), Take Action Global Inc ($1.0m) and Lakewood Community Services Center ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $402k. At year end it held assets of $357k against liabilities of $47k, net assets of $310k. It reported 14 employees.