Kennedy Commission

Analysis

Kennedy Commission is a registered charity in United States, based in Irvine, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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, Kennedy Commission reported income of $898k and spending of $745k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $717k to $898k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Kennedy Commission sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fellowship Manor Ltd ($898k), Homeownership Center of Tacoma ($898k) and St Joseph Housing Initiative ($897k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 0.5% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $247k (33% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $127k. At year end it held assets of $3.2m against liabilities of $56k, net assets of $3.1m. It reported 11 employees.