Youth Rebuilding New Orleans

Analysis

Youth Rebuilding New Orleans is a registered charity in United States, based in New Orleans, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. 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, Youth Rebuilding New Orleans reported income of $213k and spending of $379k, spending 178% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $150k to $213k (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 141%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Youth Rebuilding New Orleans sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Jersey First Aid Council ($213k), Texas School District Police Chiefs Association ($213k) and Option Independent Fire Co of ($212k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 112% and program service revenue 9.5% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $224k. At year end it held assets of $509k against liabilities of $156k, net assets of $353k. It reported 5 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.