Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine

Analysis

Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending August 2023, Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine reported income of $4.4m and spending of $3.9m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $3.8m to $4.4m (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2020, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 91st percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arlington Community Foundation ($4.4m), Asset Funders Network ($4.4m) and Horizon Institute for Public Service ($4.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 55% and program service revenue 40% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $93k (2.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.8m. At year end it held assets of $12.8m against liabilities of $492k, net assets of $12.4m. It reported 90 employees.