Dress for Success Jackson

Analysis

Dress for Success Jackson is a registered charity in United States, based in Jackson, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2002, 24 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, Dress for Success Jackson reported income of $54k and spending of $39k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $34k to $54k (+58%), an average of +58% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Dress for Success Jackson sits at the 19th percentile: it is larger than about 19% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 21st percentile, and in the 22nd percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kuluntu Bakery ($54k), Cane River Charities Inc ($54k) and Himalayan Yoga & Meditation Center ($54k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $152k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $152k.