Southerners on New Ground

Analysis

Southerners on New Ground is a registered charity in United States, based in Atlanta, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover civil rights, social action and advocacy, which this site groups under human rights and equality. 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 2023, Southerners on New Ground reported income of $3.0m and spending of $4.2m, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $3.8m to $3.0m (-21%), an average of -5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 203%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Southerners on New Ground sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Youth Represent Inc ($2.9m), Moving King County Residents Forward ($3.0m) and Oregon Justice Resource Center ($2.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $24.0m against liabilities of $161k, net assets of $23.8m. It reported 22 employees.