South Alabama Regional Planning Commission

Analysis

South Alabama Regional Planning Commission is a registered charity in United States, based in Mobile, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1999, 27 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 September 2023, South Alabama Regional Planning Commission reported income of $23.0m and spending of $21.2m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $18.6m to $23.0m (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, South Alabama Regional Planning Commission sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 99th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Change Incorporated ($22.9m), Metropolitan Development Council ($23.0m) and Impact Seven Incorporated ($22.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 77% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $5.3m. At year end it held assets of $20.2m against liabilities of $8.4m, net assets of $11.8m. It reported 212 employees.