Junior Achievement USA

Analysis

Junior Achievement USA is a registered charity in United States, based in Bowling Green, KY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1994, 32 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 June 2024, Junior Achievement USA reported income of $333k and spending of $247k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $197k to $333k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Junior Achievement USA sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within KY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Migrant Workers Action ($333k), Alight-Alliance to Lead Impact in Global Human Trafficking ($333k) and International Society for Third Sector Research Inc ($333k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $132k. At year end it held assets of $566k against liabilities of $56k, net assets of $509k. It reported 4 employees.