Citizens Acting Together Can Help

Analysis

Citizens Acting Together Can Help is a registered charity in United States, based in Philadelphia, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1979, 47 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 June 2023, Citizens Acting Together Can Help reported income of $29.2m and spending of $27.9m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $26.6m to $29.2m (+9.6%), an average of +2.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Citizens Acting Together Can Help sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arca ($29.2m), People for People ($29.2m) and Roland Park Place Inc ($29.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 31% and program service revenue 69% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $665k (2.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $15.8m. At year end it held assets of $21.2m against liabilities of $10.1m, net assets of $11.1m. It reported 334 employees.