Jewish Community Center of Scranton Pa

Analysis

Jewish Community Center of Scranton Pa is a registered charity in United States, based in Scranton, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1942, 84 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 Scranton Pa reported income of $2.8m and spending of $2.4m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $3.2m to $2.8m (-12%), an average of -3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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 Scranton Pa 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 88th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rochester Friendly Senior Services ($2.8m), Worktexas Training Center ($2.8m) and Clark County Agricultural Society ($2.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 58% and program service revenue 34% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $153k (6.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $976k. At year end it held assets of $12.2m against liabilities of $1.3m, net assets of $10.9m. It reported 99 employees.