Junior League of Jackson Miss Inc

Analysis

Junior League of Jackson Miss Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Jackson, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1942, 84 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending May 2023, Junior League of Jackson Miss Inc reported income of $3.1m and spending of $2.8m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2019 to May 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $3.1m (+119%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Junior League of Jackson Miss Inc 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 90th percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cumberland Area Economic Development Corporation ($3.1m), Neighborhood House of Calexico Inc ($3.1m) and Coharie Intra Tribal Inc ($3.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $247k. At year end it held assets of $4.3m against liabilities of $1.8m, net assets of $2.5m. It reported 4 employees.