Above and Beyond Students Inc

Analysis

Above and Beyond Students Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Charlotte, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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 July 2023, Above and Beyond Students Inc reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.1m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2019 to July 2023, income fell from $1.4m to $1.0m (-28%), an average of -7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2021, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Above and Beyond Students Inc 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 80th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wesley Community Center Inc ($1.0m), Flare Education ($1.0m) and Lide Haiti ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $85k (7.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $480k. At year end it held assets of $611k against liabilities of $733k, net assets of -$122k. It reported 64 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.