Santa Maria Community Services

Analysis

Santa Maria Community Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Cincinnati, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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, Santa Maria Community Services reported income of $5.9m and spending of $4.7m, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.5m to $5.9m (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Santa Maria Community Services sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Evergreen Commons Inc ($5.9m), Landis Communities ($5.9m) and Chesapeake Group Homes Inc ($5.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $483k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.2m. At year end it held assets of $10.4m against liabilities of $223k, net assets of $10.2m. It reported 72 employees.