Junior Achievement USA

Analysis

Junior Achievement USA is a registered charity in United States, based in Anchorage, AK. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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 June 2024, Junior Achievement USA reported income of $614k and spending of $592k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $464k to $614k (+32%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Junior Achievement USA 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 73rd percentile, and in the 70th percentile within AK. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Asian Pacific Children Fund ($613k), Guatemalan Relief Assistance for Childrens Educational Services ($615k) and Girl Up Initiative Uganda ($613k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 42% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $230k. At year end it held assets of $489k against liabilities of $18k, net assets of $471k. It reported 12 employees.