Community Aid Inc

Analysis

Community Aid Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in York, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2009, 17 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, Community Aid Inc reported income of $30.4m and spending of $32.1m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $20.3m to $30.4m (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 59%. 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, Community Aid Inc 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 Rescue Mission Alliance of Syracuse N Y ($30.4m), Umh Pa Corp ($30.4m) and Whole Life Inc ($30.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 4.0% and program service revenue 95% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $607k (1.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $7.4m. At year end it held assets of $39.6m against liabilities of $28.7m, net assets of $10.9m. It reported 887 employees.