East Mississippi Center for Educational Development Inc

Analysis

East Mississippi Center for Educational Development Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Meridian, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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 2023, East Mississippi Center for Educational Development Inc reported income of $767k and spending of $599k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $470k to $767k (+63%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, East Mississippi Center for Educational Development Inc sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eastern Connecticut Symphony Inc ($767k), SV Archive ($767k) and Human Agenda ($767k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 35% and program service revenue 62% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $212k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $80k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 3 employees.