Elk River Community Council

Analysis

Elk River Community Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Elkview, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1997, 29 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, Elk River Community Council reported income of $202k and spending of $76k, leaving 63% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $104k to $202k (+94%), an average of +94% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 49% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Elk River Community Council sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include STL Village ($202k), East Texas Human Needs Network ($202k) and Rutland Area Foodshelf ($202k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 46% and program service revenue 52% of the total. At year end it held assets of $600k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $600k.