United Daughters of the Confederacy

Analysis

United Daughters of the Confederacy is a registered charity in United States, based in Swainsboro, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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 August 2023, United Daughters of the Confederacy reported income of $154k and spending of $192k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income fell from $195k to $154k (-21%), an average of -5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2021, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, United Daughters of the Confederacy sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 51st percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Organization of Vietnamese American Leaders of Greater DC ($154k), Left of Center Art Gallery ($154k) and Art Business Incubator South Padre Island ($154k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 63% and program service revenue 31% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.0m.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.