Friends of Dekalb Regional Office of Education

Analysis

Friends of Dekalb Regional Office of Education is a registered charity in United States, based in Dekalb, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2016, 10 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, Friends of Dekalb Regional Office of Education reported income of $354k and spending of $218k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $239k to $354k (+48%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Friends of Dekalb Regional Office of Education sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gotta Be Me Inc ($354k), Tennessee Corn Promotion Council Inc ($354k) and Texas Forestry Association Educational Fund Inc ($354k).

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 $149k. At year end it held assets of $305k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $305k.