Beyond Basic Life Skills

Analysis

Beyond Basic Life Skills is a registered charity in United States, based in Summerville, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2017, 9 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, Beyond Basic Life Skills reported income of $804k and spending of $423k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $206k to $804k (+291%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Beyond Basic Life Skills sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include House of Rest of the Presbyterian Church ($804k), Concerned Citizens for the Community Inc ($804k) and Cheshire Community Food Pantry Inc ($804k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% and program service revenue 27% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $82k (19% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $179k. At year end it held assets of $793k against liabilities of $225k, net assets of $568k. It reported 16 employees.