Eli and Bessie Cohen Camps of Massachusetts Inc

Analysis

Eli and Bessie Cohen Camps of Massachusetts Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Wellesley, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1942, 84 years ago. 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, Eli and Bessie Cohen Camps of Massachusetts Inc reported income of $3.3m and spending of $3.4m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $2.4m to $3.3m (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 464%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Eli and Bessie Cohen Camps of Massachusetts Inc sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Family and Community Christian Association ($3.3m), Foundation Properties Charitable TR ($3.3m) and Evergreen School Incorporated ($3.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 20% and program service revenue 72% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $123k (3.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $994k. It paid $56k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $7.1m against liabilities of $2.3m, net assets of $4.9m. It reported 146 employees.