Dawn Center for Independent Living Inc

Analysis

Dawn Center for Independent Living Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Denville, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1997, 29 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 September 2023, Dawn Center for Independent Living Inc reported income of $4.6m and spending of $3.7m, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $3.4m to $4.6m (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Dawn Center for Independent Living Inc sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Plentiful ($4.6m), Area Agency on Aging Region X ($4.6m) and JCC of Mid Westchester Inc ($4.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 55% and program service revenue 44% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $165k (4.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.5m. At year end it held assets of $3.5m against liabilities of $466k, net assets of $3.1m. It reported 60 employees.