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Visitors Center Inc

RegisteredEIN 35-1918822Columbus, INCommunity and economic development
Income$1.8m2023-12
Spending$1.5msame year
Spent / received82%5-year average
Size in its cause84th pctCommunity and economic development
Exempt since1995Publicly supported organisat
Employees23latest return

Analysis

Visitors Center Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbus, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, Visitors Center Inc reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.5m, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.8m to $1.8m (+1.3%), an average of +0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Visitors Center Inc 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 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Dakota Rural Water Systems Association Inc ($1.8m), Root Change ($1.8m) and Keep Growing Detroit ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% and program service revenue 12% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $74k (4.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $359k. At year end it held assets of $3.8m against liabilities of $17k, net assets of $3.7m. It reported 23 employees.

Income and spending

$0$568k$1.1m$1.7m$2.3m2019 Income: $1,796,7022019 Spending: $1,736,02520192020 Income: $1,181,8772020 Spending: $1,233,30220202021 Income: $1,743,6962021 Spending: $1,222,51920212022 Income: $2,273,9422022 Spending: $1,527,08020222023 Income: $1,819,6782023 Spending: $1,517,0122023
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Contributions & grants 82%
  • Program services 12%
  • Other 5.7%

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
North Dakota Rural Water Systems Association IncBismarck$1.8m
Root ChangeWashington$1.8m
Keep Growing DetroitDetroit$1.8m
Neighborhood Resilience ProjectPittsburgh$1.8m