United Daughters of the Confederacy

Analysis

United Daughters of the Confederacy is a registered charity in United States, based in Charleston, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1967, 59 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, United Daughters of the Confederacy reported income of $97k and spending of $139k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $137k to $97k (-29%), an average of -8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 761%. Over the whole period it spent 147% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, United Daughters of the Confederacy sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christ the King Cathedral School Foundation Inc ($97k), Fox West Theatre Alliance ($97k) and New Jersey Media Arts Center Inc ($97k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 11% of the total. At year end it held assets of $445k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $445k.