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Building Equity Initiative Inc

RegisteredEIN 82-2116378New York, NYPoverty relief
Income$19.0m2023-12
Spending$7.6msame year
Spent / received67%5-year average
Size in its cause97th pctPoverty relief
Exempt since2017Supporting organisation (typ
Employees0latest return

Analysis

Building Equity Initiative Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation (type i) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Building Equity Initiative Inc reported income of $19.0m and spending of $7.6m, leaving 60% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $928k to $19.0m (+1948%), an average of +113% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 290%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Building Equity Initiative Inc sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Investments Foundation ($19.0m), California Human Development Corp ($19.0m) and Presbyterian Villages of Michigan ($19.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 63% and program service revenue 33% of the total. At year end it held assets of $186.8m against liabilities of $175.2m, net assets of $11.6m.

Income and spending

$0$4.8m$9.5m$14.3m$19.0m2019 Income: $927,7562019 Spending: $1,469,56820192020 Income: $1,996,5612020 Spending: $2,395,84220202021 Income: $3,488,3582021 Spending: $3,411,40120212022 Income: $4,870,5062022 Spending: $5,422,52220222023 Income: $19,001,7302023 Spending: $7,632,7942023
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Contributions & grants 63%
  • Program services 33%
  • Other 3.7%

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CharityLocationIncome
Community Investments FoundationCharlotte$19.0m
California Human Development CorpSanta Rosa$19.0m
Presbyterian Villages of MichiganSouthfield$19.0m
Looking Glass Community ServicesEugene$19.0m