Community Backstop

Analysis

Community Backstop is a registered charity in United States, based in Media, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2006, 20 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 December 2023, Community Backstop reported income of $190k and spending of $211k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $140k to $190k (+35%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Backstop sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 50th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mtoto Africa Inc ($190k), East Bluff Community Center ($190k) and Vitendo4africa ($190k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 121% of the total. At year end it held assets of $155k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $155k.