Early Encounters Inc

Analysis

Early Encounters Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Hattiesburg, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Early Encounters Inc reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.1m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $986k to $1.1m (+6.9%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Early Encounters Inc sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% 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 Home Works of America Inc ($1.1m), The Baldwin Center Inc ($1.1m) and Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 9.4% and program service revenue 91% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $761k. At year end it held assets of $692k against liabilities of $2,482, net assets of $689k. It reported 59 employees.