Community Blood Center

Analysis

Community Blood Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Dayton, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Community Blood Center reported income of $274.8m and spending of $257.8m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $176.2m to $274.8m (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Community Blood Center 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 100th percentile, and in the 100th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Adventist Health System Georgia Inc ($274.5m), Faith Regional Health Services ($275.3m) and Maple Grove Hospital Corporation ($274.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.4% and program service revenue 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $4.6m (1.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $72.6m. At year end it held assets of $451.8m against liabilities of $107.0m, net assets of $344.8m. It reported 1,617 employees.