Avodah the Jewish Service Corps Inc

Analysis

Avodah the Jewish Service Corps Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Brooklyn, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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 August 2023, Avodah the Jewish Service Corps Inc reported income of $4.1m and spending of $4.3m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $3.4m to $4.1m (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2021, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Avodah the Jewish Service Corps Inc sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 88th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oregon Northwest Workforce Investment Board ($4.1m), California Capital Financial Development Corporation ($4.1m) and Kiamichi Opportunities Incorporated ($4.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% and program service revenue 11% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $222k (5.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.1m. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $428k, net assets of $2.2m. It reported 43 employees.