Columbus Legacy Project

Analysis

Columbus Legacy Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbus, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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, Columbus Legacy Project reported income of $145k and spending of $3,410, leaving 98% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $200k to $145k (-27%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 6.4% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Columbus Legacy Project sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cha Community Support Corporation ($145k), Findley Place Apartments NFP ($146k) and Community First Land Trust ($145k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $406k against liabilities of $88k, net assets of $318k.