Dorchester Improvement Association Inc

Analysis

Dorchester Improvement Association Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Midway, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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 September 2023, Dorchester Improvement Association Inc reported income of $55k and spending of $41k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from September 2020 to September 2023, income fell from $86k to $55k (-35%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 161%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Dorchester Improvement Association Inc sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 22nd percentile, and in the 22nd percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Red White & Blue Collar Festival ($55k), The Junior League of Charlottesville Inc ($55k) and Mifflinburg Heritage and Revitali- Zation Assocaition Inc ($55k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 14% of the total. At year end it held assets of $462k against liabilities of $1,492, net assets of $460k.