Decibels Charity Corporation

Analysis

Decibels Charity Corporation is a registered charity in United States, based in Westford, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 2024, Decibels Charity Corporation reported income of $152k and spending of $152k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from July 2019 to July 2024, income grew from $142k to $152k (+6.8%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2020, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Decibels Charity Corporation sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stoney Creek High School Band Boosters ($151k), Friends of Mitchell ($152k) and Monument Hill Service Club ($151k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 69% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $45k. At year end it held assets of $148k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $148k. It reported 2 employees.