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South Highland Child Development

Birmingham, Alabama · EIN 63-0595841 · Human Services · tax-exempt since 1974

B

Charity Clarity grade B (score 71.4 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended July 2025.

Graded against 76,556 human services nonprofits with revenue $500K–$2M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.2.6 months86
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.82% of practices82
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.17
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.26% from one source73
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.99.4%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.0.5%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.00not scored

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Year by year

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Jul 2025Form 990$1.80M$1.60M$204K$344K2.636B
Jul 2024Form 990$1.40M$1.65M−$254K$139K1.036C
Jul 2023Form 990$1.81M$1.69M$118K$394K2.842B
Jul 2022Form 990$1.87M$1.32M$544K$276K2.556C
Jul 2021Form 990$1.61M$1.35M$260K−$241K-2.155F
Jul 2020Form 990$1.11M$1.43M−$318K−$519K-4.456D
Jul 2019Form 990$1.42M$1.44M−$16K−$205K-1.762C
May 2018Form 990$1.42M$1.71M−$295K−$220K-1.570C
May 2017Form 990$1.45M$1.58M−$124K$75K0.653C
May 2016Form 990$1.41M$1.38M$29K$198K1.753B

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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