North City Congress

Analysis

North City Congress is a registered charity in United States, based in Philadelphia, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1966, 60 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 June 2023, North City Congress reported income of $2.9m and spending of $3.1m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $2.3m to $2.9m (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, North City Congress sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Safe Futures Inc ($2.9m), Curing Kids Cancer Inc ($2.9m) and League Against AIDS Inc ($2.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 20% and program service revenue 79% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $126k (4.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.9m. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $1.4m, net assets of $168k. It reported 73 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.