Upstate International

Analysis

Upstate International is a registered charity in United States, based in Greenville, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1999, 27 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 December 2023, Upstate International reported income of $309k and spending of $272k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $207k to $309k (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Upstate International sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 67th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mission to the Nations ($309k), Rogers County Fair Board ($309k) and Macomb Foster Closet ($309k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 70% and program service revenue 30% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $53k (19% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $82k. At year end it held assets of $428k against liabilities of $2,027, net assets of $426k. It reported 5 employees.