Berkeley Citizens Inc

Analysis

Berkeley Citizens Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Moncks Corner, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1981, 45 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 2024, Berkeley Citizens Inc reported income of $13.5m and spending of $12.0m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $13.1m to $13.5m (+2.5%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Berkeley Citizens Inc sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Link ($13.5m), Family Pathways ($13.5m) and The Arc of the United States ($13.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 7.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $215k (1.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $7.7m. At year end it held assets of $13.2m against liabilities of $2.5m, net assets of $10.7m. It reported 335 employees.