Fair Count Inc

Analysis

Fair Count Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Atlanta, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2000, 26 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Fair Count Inc reported income of $5.6m and spending of $4.2m, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.5m to $5.6m (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 136%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Fair Count 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 Society of Defense Financial Management ($5.6m), Brockton Area Workforce Investment Board Inc ($5.6m) and Workforce Escorsa Inc ($5.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $160k (3.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. At year end it held assets of $4.2m against liabilities of $155k, net assets of $4.0m. It reported 51 employees.