Institute for People Place and Possibilities

Analysis

Institute for People Place and Possibilities is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbia, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, Institute for People Place and Possibilities reported income of $680k and spending of $808k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $887k to $680k (-23%), an average of -6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Institute for People Place and Possibilities sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mid City Redevelopment Alliance Inc ($680k), Arizona Career Pathways ($681k) and Development District Association of Appalachia Inc ($679k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 14% and program service revenue 85% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $277k. At year end it held assets of $203k against liabilities of $130k, net assets of $74k. It reported 6 employees.