Bensonhurst Council of Jewish Organizations Inc

Analysis

Bensonhurst Council of Jewish Organizations Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Brooklyn, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 June 2023, Bensonhurst Council of Jewish Organizations Inc reported income of $102k and spending of $112k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $72k to $102k (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bensonhurst Council of Jewish Organizations Inc sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile, and in the 37th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bottineau County Veterans Inc ($102k), Fresh Start Payee Services Inc ($102k) and Cornerstone Campaign ($102k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $40k. At year end it held assets of $122k against liabilities of $198k, net assets of -$76k. It reported 2 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.