Council Gardens

Analysis

Council Gardens is a registered charity in United States, based in Cleveland Heights, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1978, 48 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending April 2024, Council Gardens reported income of $2.0m and spending of $2.0m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2020 to April 2024, income grew from $1.8m to $2.0m (+9.0%), an average of +2.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Council Gardens sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Senior Isle Inn Inc ($2.0m), Garden Grove Housing Corporation ($2.0m) and Tarboro Community Outreach Inc ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending April 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 1.2% and program service revenue 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $149k (7.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $472k. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $278k, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 9 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.