East Cooper Community Outreach

Analysis

East Cooper Community Outreach is a registered charity in United States, based in Mt Pleasant, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1992, 34 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, East Cooper Community Outreach reported income of $4.3m and spending of $4.3m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $3.2m to $4.3m (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, East Cooper Community Outreach sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Special Care Incorporated ($4.3m), Lost Angels Childrens Project Inc ($4.3m) and City Mission-Living Stones ($4.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $116k (2.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $928k. At year end it held assets of $8.8m against liabilities of $236k, net assets of $8.6m. It reported 33 employees.