Unaccompanied Students Initiative

Analysis

Unaccompanied Students Initiative is a registered charity in United States, based in Cheyenne, WY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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, Unaccompanied Students Initiative reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.0m, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $509k to $1.3m (+154%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 152%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Unaccompanied Students Initiative sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 87th percentile within WY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St James Retirement Community Inc ($1.3m), Esperanza En Escalante ($1.3m) and Project Restart Inc ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $88k (8.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $505k. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $409k, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 37 employees.