United Way of Lowndes County Inc

Analysis

United Way of Lowndes County Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbus, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, United Way of Lowndes County Inc reported income of $1.1m and spending of $862k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $957k to $1.1m (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, United Way of Lowndes County Inc 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 80th percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include GT Holly Skolnick Fellowship Foundation ($1.1m), Fairfield Medical Center Foundation ($1.1m) and Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $144k. At year end it held assets of $767k against liabilities of $44k, net assets of $723k. It reported 6 employees.