Back of the Hill Community Development Corporation

Analysis

Back of the Hill Community Development Corporation is a registered charity in United States, based in Jamaica Plain, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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 September 2023, Back of the Hill Community Development Corporation reported income of $94k and spending of $54k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $73k to $94k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Back of the Hill Community Development Corporation sits at the 21st percentile: it is larger than about 21% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grace Manor Housing Corporation ($94k), June10 Inc ($94k) and Pineview Inc ($94k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 48% and program service revenue 51% of the total. At year end it held assets of $228k against liabilities of $5,528, net assets of $222k.