Aurora Community Connection

Analysis

Aurora Community Connection is a registered charity in United States, based in Aurora, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2008, 18 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 December 2023, Aurora Community Connection reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.1m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $746k to $1.0m (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Aurora Community Connection sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Computer Reach ($1.0m), Jefferson County Council on Aging Inc ($1.0m) and American Association of Childrens Residental Centers ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.6% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $98k (9.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $585k. At year end it held assets of $894k against liabilities of $320k, net assets of $574k. It reported 51 employees.