People Making Progress

Analysis

People Making Progress is a registered charity in United States, based in Tucker, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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 June 2023, People Making Progress reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.5m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $1.5m (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, People Making Progress 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 83rd percentile, and in the 86th percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Network Day Service Center Inc ($1.5m), Catapult Lakeland Inc ($1.5m) and Springboard 2000 Enterprises Inc ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 10% and program service revenue 90% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $79k, net assets of $2.6m.