Springfield Jewish Community Center Inc

Analysis

Springfield Jewish Community Center Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Springfield, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1953, 73 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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 September 2023, Springfield Jewish Community Center Inc reported income of $8.5m and spending of $7.9m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $8.2m to $8.5m (+3.3%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Springfield Jewish Community Center Inc sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Music City Bowl Inc ($8.5m), Roundup River Ranch ($8.6m) and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Inc ($8.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 12% and program service revenue 41% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $373k (4.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.9m. It paid $36k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $17.6m against liabilities of $2.6m, net assets of $14.9m. It reported 282 employees.