Believe in Your Community

Analysis

Believe in Your Community is a registered charity in United States, based in Salem, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth 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, Believe in Your Community reported income of $83k and spending of $61k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $70k to $83k (+18%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Believe in Your Community sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile, and in the 31st percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Camp Quest Inc ($83k), Fitkidz Inc ($83k) and Rock N Rooms ($83k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 64% of the total. At year end it held assets of $66k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $66k.