Plant a Seed in Our Youth Foundation

Analysis

Plant a Seed in Our Youth Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Bossier City, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Plant a Seed in Our Youth Foundation reported income of $116k and spending of $151k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $163k to $116k (-29%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Plant a Seed in Our Youth Foundation sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 39th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Psyches of Color ($116k), New Hope II of Florence Inc ($116k) and Paynesville Area Senior Center Inc ($116k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $291k against liabilities of $286k, net assets of $5,480.