Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Analysis

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Birmingham, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 June 2023, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute reported income of $2.9m and spending of $3.3m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $2.8m to $2.9m (+1.2%), an average of +0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Way of Clallam County ($2.9m), Legacy of Life Foundation ($2.9m) and Clara Lionel Foundation ($2.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 69% and program service revenue 27% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $962k. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $480k, net assets of $536k. It reported 19 employees.