Community West Foundation

Analysis

Community West Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Westlake, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 West Foundation reported income of $10.3m and spending of $8.1m, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $9.9m to $10.3m (+4.0%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Community West Foundation sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Abilities Network Inc ($10.3m), Hudson Headwaters Supporting Corp ($10.3m) and Make a Wish Foundation of Arizona Inc ($10.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 49% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $534k (6.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $649k. At year end it held assets of $156.7m against liabilities of $33.2m, net assets of $123.5m.