Casa Chirilagua

Analysis

Casa Chirilagua is a registered charity in United States, based in Alexandria, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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, Casa Chirilagua reported income of $843k and spending of $820k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $478k to $843k (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 217%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Casa Chirilagua sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Zion Evangelical Ministries of Africa ($843k), Project Transformation Tennessee Inc ($843k) and Streetlights ($843k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 2.5% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $77k (9.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $447k. At year end it held assets of $835k against liabilities of $69k, net assets of $767k. It reported 18 employees.