River City Youth Foundation

Analysis

River City Youth Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Austin, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1983, 43 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, River City Youth Foundation reported income of $282k and spending of $294k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $365k to $282k (-23%), an average of -6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, River City Youth Foundation sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 65th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Haven Homes of Detroit ($282k), Northwest Florida Guardian Ad Litem Foundation Inc ($282k) and Apron Inc ($282k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $107k. At year end it held assets of $377k against liabilities of $60k, net assets of $317k.

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.