Council on At-Risk Youth

Analysis

Council on At-Risk Youth is a registered charity in United States, based in Austin, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover crime and legal-related, which this site groups under human rights and equality. 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 September 2023, Council on At-Risk Youth reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.2m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $649k to $1.4m (+108%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Council on At-Risk Youth sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 86th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Childrens Trust Foundation Roanoke Valley Inc ($1.4m), Mount Sinai Medical Legal Partnership Inc ($1.4m) and Public Interest Law Initiative ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $851k (70% of expenses). It paid $11k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $534k against liabilities of $162k, net assets of $372k.