East Texas Speakers Forum

Analysis

East Texas Speakers Forum is a registered charity in United States, based in Longview, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, East Texas Speakers Forum reported income of $819k and spending of $328k, leaving 60% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $373k to $819k (+120%), an average of +120% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 120%. Over the whole period it spent 47% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, East Texas Speakers Forum sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Midland Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc ($819k), Bright Star Scanning Services Corp ($821k) and Returning Home Inc ($819k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $183k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $183k.