Chautauqua County Rural Ministries Inc

Analysis

Chautauqua County Rural Ministries Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Dunkirk, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1983, 43 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 December 2023, Chautauqua County Rural Ministries Inc reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.1m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $530k to $1.0m (+90%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Chautauqua County Rural Ministries Inc sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charlottesville Tomorrow ($1.0m), Abc Craftmasters Training TR ($1.0m) and Joplin Workshops Inc ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $42k (4.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $156k. At year end it held assets of $250k against liabilities of $13k, net assets of $237k. It reported 12 employees.