Create Birmingham

Analysis

Create Birmingham is a registered charity in United States, based in Birmingham, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Create Birmingham reported income of $845k and spending of $760k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $565k to $845k (+49%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Create Birmingham sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Provincetown Theatre Foundation Inc ($844k), Jewish Communities of Western ($845k) and Equipment Leasing and Finance Foundation ($844k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 56% and program service revenue 43% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $119k (16% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $210k. At year end it held assets of $550k against liabilities of $6,333, net assets of $543k. It reported 4 employees.