Orion Communities Inc

Analysis

Orion Communities Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Phoenixville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1978, 48 years ago. 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, Orion Communities Inc reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.6m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $667k to $1.5m (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Orion Communities Inc 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 83rd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence ($1.5m), Childhaven ($1.5m) and Bremerton Foodline ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $95k (6.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $611k. At year end it held assets of $557k against liabilities of $23k, net assets of $534k. It reported 23 employees.