National Skills Coalition

Analysis

National Skills Coalition is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2002, 24 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, National Skills Coalition reported income of $16.1m and spending of $7.5m, leaving 54% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $6.4m to $16.1m (+150%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 210%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, National Skills Coalition sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Career Path Services-Employment and Training ($16.0m), Mountainheart Community Servces Inc ($16.2m) and North Bay Rehabilitation Services ($16.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% and program service revenue 3.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $521k (7.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.3m. At year end it held assets of $19.1m against liabilities of $3.9m, net assets of $15.2m. It reported 31 employees.