Be Encouraged Inc

Analysis

Be Encouraged Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Sacramento, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Be Encouraged Inc reported income of $108k and spending of $136k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $175k to $108k (-38%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Be Encouraged Inc sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile, and in the 41st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Milwaukee Community Bicycle Project Inc ($108k), Gather the Outcasts Inc ($108k) and Fairfield Community Center Inc ($108k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% and program service revenue 22% of the total. At year end it held assets of $34k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $34k.