Be a Champion Inc

Analysis

Be a Champion Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2005, 21 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, Be a Champion Inc reported income of $9.4m and spending of $12.9m, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $24.1m to $9.4m (-61%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Be a Champion Inc sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wakeman Boys and Girls Club Corporation ($9.3m), Boys & Girls Clubs of Scottsdale Inc ($9.5m) and Champions Off the Field ($9.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% and program service revenue 14% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $4.7m. At year end it held assets of $3.2m against liabilities of $5.6m, net assets of -$2.5m. It reported 632 employees.