Springfield Community Gardens

Analysis

Springfield Community Gardens is a registered charity in United States, based in Springfield, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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, Springfield Community Gardens reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.8m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $697k to $1.8m (+163%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Springfield Community Gardens sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers Inc ($1.8m), First Baptist Mission Action Inc ($1.8m) and Luv Michael Inc ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $618k. At year end it held assets of $761k against liabilities of $114k, net assets of $646k. It reported 23 employees.