Junior League of Longview

Analysis

Junior League of Longview is a registered charity in United States, based in Longview, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1960, 66 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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 May 2023, Junior League of Longview reported income of $153k and spending of $208k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2019 to May 2023, income fell from $411k to $153k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2021, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Junior League of Longview sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 51st percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Smoky Mountain Home Builders Assoc Inc ($153k), Lake Cumberland Development Council Inc ($153k) and Commission on Sport Management Accreditation ($153k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 53% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $40k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $75k, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 2 employees.

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.