Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County

Analysis

Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County is a registered charity in United States, based in Edison, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1972, 54 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 December 2023, Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County reported income of $2.5m and spending of $2.6m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.3m to $2.5m (+9.9%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sutter-Yuba Homeless Consortium ($2.5m), Center for Developmental Services D-B-A CDS ($2.5m) and Brick by Brick Training & Development ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 35% and program service revenue 65% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $151k (5.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.4m. At year end it held assets of $2.7m against liabilities of $1.5m, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 131 employees.