Brookland Center for Community Economic Change

Analysis

Brookland Center for Community Economic Change is a registered charity in United States, based in West Columbia, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2004, 22 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, Brookland Center for Community Economic Change reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.9m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $217k to $1.8m (+725%), an average of +52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 230%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Brookland Center for Community Economic Change sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include YWCA of Evansville Indiana Inc ($1.8m), Jewish Family & Childrens Service of Long Beach-West Orange County ($1.8m) and Jitb JRS - Arrow at the Gate Learning Center Inc ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $109k (5.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $697k. At year end it held assets of $3.1m against liabilities of $427k, net assets of $2.6m. It reported 37 employees.