West Side Catholic Center

Analysis

West Side Catholic Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Cleveland, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1978, 48 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, West Side Catholic Center reported income of $4.8m and spending of $4.5m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.8m to $4.8m (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, West Side Catholic Center sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Family Day Care Program Inc ($4.8m), Somali Family Service of San Diego ($4.8m) and Meals on Wheels of Tampa Inc ($4.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% and program service revenue 2.9% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $401k (8.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.8m. At year end it held assets of $7.9m against liabilities of $189k, net assets of $7.7m. It reported 88 employees.