Joseph E Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights Inc

Analysis

Joseph E Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Atlanta, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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 December 2022, Joseph E Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights Inc reported income of $308k and spending of $539k, spending 175% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $419k to $308k (-27%), an average of -9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 483%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Joseph E Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights Inc sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 66th percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Changa Labs ($307k), Malawi Talent Fund Inc ($308k) and Haiti Alive Inc ($307k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 109% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $79k (15% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $117k. At year end it held assets of $795k against liabilities of $154k, net assets of $642k. It reported 4 employees.