Council of Peoples Organization

Analysis

Council of Peoples Organization is a registered charity in United States, based in Brooklyn, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2004, 22 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, Council of Peoples Organization reported income of $5.8m and spending of $4.5m, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $1.7m to $5.8m (+235%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 183%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Council of Peoples Organization sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 90th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Children in Need of Services Inc ($5.8m), Sibley-Suburban Home Health Agency Inc ($5.8m) and Coordinated Youth & Human Services ($5.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $187k (4.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.0m. It paid $26k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $13.1m against liabilities of $1.5m, net assets of $11.7m. It reported 75 employees.