Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates Inc

Analysis

Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Baltimore, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth 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 December 2023, Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates Inc reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.3m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $898k to $1.3m (+44%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates Inc sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 81st percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Girls Incorporated of Chattanooga ($1.3m), Shalom House Inc 2 ($1.3m) and Boys & Girls Clubs North San Mateo County ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 4.4% and program service revenue 94% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $189k (14% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $171k. At year end it held assets of $888k against liabilities of $592k, net assets of $296k. It reported 3 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.