Hometown Organizing Project

Analysis

Hometown Organizing Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Montevallo, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2021, 5 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 2022, Hometown Organizing Project reported income of $802k and spending of $804k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2022, income grew from $564k to $802k (+42%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Hometown Organizing Project 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 80th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Become Inc ($802k), Singing River Trail ($803k) and Urban Vision ($802k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $129k (16% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $407k. At year end it held assets of $273k against liabilities of $29k, net assets of $243k. It reported 12 employees.