Jackson Leadership Foundation

Analysis

Jackson Leadership Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Jackson, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 December 2023, Jackson Leadership Foundation reported income of $1.7m and spending of $638k, leaving 63% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $282k to $1.7m (+507%), an average of +82% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 257%. Over the whole period it spent 51% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Jackson Leadership Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends Child Care Center ($1.7m), Lifecycle Building Center Inc ($1.7m) and Partnership for Progress Inc ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $111k (17% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $232k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $6,438, net assets of $1.6m. It reported 13 employees.