Community Life Line

Analysis

Community Life Line is a registered charity in United States, based in E Saint Louis, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2005, 21 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, Community Life Line reported income of $1.1m and spending of $881k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $372k to $1.1m (+200%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 189%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Life Line sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Federation of Families Miami Dade Chapter Inc ($1.1m), Coalition on Homelessness ($1.1m) and Camden Center for Law and Social Justice Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $63k (7.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $364k. At year end it held assets of $0 against liabilities of $0, net assets of $0. It reported 17 employees.