Urban Sprouts

Analysis

Urban Sprouts is a registered charity in United States, based in University Cy, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 December 2022, Urban Sprouts reported income of $2.1m and spending of $2.2m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $1.7m to $2.1m (+25%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 203%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Urban Sprouts sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Throughline Learning ($2.1m), Trinity Jubilee Center Inc ($2.1m) and St Andrews at Home Services LLC ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% and program service revenue 26% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $191k (8.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $924k. It paid $69k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $361k against liabilities of $575k, net assets of -$215k. It reported 32 employees.