Verland Commons

Analysis

Verland Commons is a registered charity in United States, based in Sewickley, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1993, 33 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, Verland Commons reported income of $664k and spending of $699k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $561k to $664k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Verland Commons sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lone Star Chapter of the National Hemophilia Foundation ($664k), Dress for Success of Oregon Inc ($664k) and Community Research & Resource Center ($664k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $429k. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $1.6m, net assets of -$145k.

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.