Martin Luther King Economic Development Corporation

Analysis

Martin Luther King Economic Development Corporation is a registered charity in United States, based in Miami, FL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1983, 43 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 (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 2024, Martin Luther King Economic Development Corporation reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.8m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $810k to $1.6m (+97%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 228%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Martin Luther King Economic Development Corporation sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within FL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Endeavor Miami Inc ($1.6m), Junior League of Jackson Keystone Fund Inc ($1.6m) and Foundation for the Mid South Inc ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% and program service revenue 24% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $75k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $140k, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 4 employees.