Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture Inc

Analysis

Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in South Deerfield, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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, Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture Inc reported income of $3.1m and spending of $2.2m, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $3.1m (+125%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture Inc sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bach-Viet Association Inc ($3.1m), Drayton Hall Preservation Trust ($3.1m) and Clayton Early Childhood Center ($3.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 2.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $106k (4.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $935k. At year end it held assets of $4.0m against liabilities of $204k, net assets of $3.8m. It reported 22 employees.