Project Ujima Inc

Analysis

Project Ujima Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Akron, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 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 2022, Project Ujima Inc reported income of $192k and spending of $245k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2022, income fell from $231k to $192k (-17%), an average of -8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Project Ujima Inc sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Az Heroes to Hometowns Foundation ($192k), Family Promise of Coastal Alabama Inc ($192k) and Source One Serenity ($192k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $52k (21% of expenses). At year end it held assets of -$946 against liabilities of $0, net assets of -$946. It reported 1 employees.