Georgia Advocacy Office Inc

Analysis

Georgia Advocacy Office Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Decatur, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1977, 49 years ago. 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, Georgia Advocacy Office Inc reported income of $5.8m and spending of $5.7m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $4.2m to $5.8m (+37%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Georgia Advocacy Office Inc sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 94th percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include San Francisco Conservation Corps ($5.8m), Jefferson County Comprehensive ($5.8m) and Canton College Foundation Inc ($5.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.9% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $872k (15% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.3m. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $1.7m, net assets of $838k. It reported 37 employees.