Community Options Inc

Analysis

Community Options Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Jasper, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2003, 23 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 September 2023, Community Options Inc reported income of $2.9m and spending of $2.7m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $2.1m to $2.9m (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Options Inc sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Diakonia Inc ($2.9m), The Florida Center for Children and Youth Inc ($2.9m) and Foundations Community Childcare Inc ($2.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.2% and program service revenue 95% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $116k (4.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $289k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 101 employees.