United South & Eastern Tribes Inc

Analysis

United South & Eastern Tribes Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Nashville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1969, 57 years ago. 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 September 2023, United South & Eastern Tribes Inc reported income of $14.4m and spending of $14.3m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $12.5m to $14.4m (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, United South & Eastern Tribes Inc sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Village Family Service Center ($14.4m), Maharishi Foundation USA Inc ($14.4m) and East Central University Foundation Inc ($14.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 3.1% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $5.0m. At year end it held assets of $8.7m against liabilities of $6.2m, net assets of $2.5m. It reported 80 employees.