Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture

Analysis

Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbia, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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, Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture reported income of $2.8m and spending of $4.2m, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $772k to $2.8m (+259%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 149%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Alaska Center Education Fund ($2.8m), Friends of the Wissahickon Inc ($2.8m) and Earth Genome ($2.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 4.1% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $985k. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $1.5m, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 24 employees.