Community Ventures Corporation Inc

Analysis

Community Ventures Corporation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Lexington, KY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1983, 43 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, Community Ventures Corporation Inc reported income of $22.2m and spending of $21.1m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $11.5m to $22.2m (+92%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Community Ventures Corporation Inc sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within KY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fresno Area Workforce Investment Corporation ($22.0m), 501 Commons ($22.2m) and North Atlantic States Carpenters Training Fund ($21.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 48% and program service revenue 30% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $2.0m (9.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.1m. At year end it held assets of $86.0m against liabilities of $49.7m, net assets of $36.3m. It reported 65 employees.