Community Action Service Center

Analysis

Community Action Service Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Hightstown, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1982, 44 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, Community Action Service Center reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.7m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $984k to $1.8m (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Action Service Center sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Virtuous Inc ($1.8m), Willing Hands Enterprises ($1.8m) and Watertown Urban Mission Inc ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 65% and program service revenue 4.6% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $129k (7.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $739k. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $105k, net assets of $1.6m. It reported 54 employees.