Telling Room

Analysis

Telling Room is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. 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 June 2023, Telling Room reported income of $960k and spending of $998k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $875k to $960k (+9.8%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Telling Room sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boys & Girls Club of Douglas ($959k), Inscite Illinois ($961k) and Healdsburg Future Farmers Country Fair ($958k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% and program service revenue 16% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $79k (7.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $584k. At year end it held assets of $957k against liabilities of $36k, net assets of $920k. It reported 27 employees.