Graffiti Community Ministries Inc

Analysis

Graffiti Community Ministries Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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, Graffiti Community Ministries Inc reported income of $525k and spending of $661k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $881k to $525k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Graffiti Community Ministries Inc sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 67th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Camp Natoma ($525k), Agape Pamoja Inc ($525k) and Harmony Family Services Inc ($525k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $51k (7.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $311k. At year end it held assets of $144k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $144k. It reported 10 employees.