Children First Inc

Analysis

Children First Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Durham, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 August 2023, Children First Inc reported income of $118k and spending of $126k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from August 2022 to August 2023, income fell from $152k to $118k (-22%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Children First Inc sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 39th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Clinton County Fair Association Inc ($118k), Stewarts Halfway House Inc ($118k) and Nature Coast Ministries Inc ($118k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 31% and program service revenue 66% of the total. At year end it held assets of $89k against liabilities of $59, net assets of $89k.