Western Avenue Community Center

Analysis

Western Avenue Community Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Bloomington, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1979, 47 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Western Avenue Community Center reported income of $885k and spending of $728k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $440k to $885k (+101%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Western Avenue Community Center 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 78th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Edmunds Tower Inc ($885k), Drumright Memorial Hospital Foundation ($885k) and New York State Dispute Resolution Association Inc ($885k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 65% and program service revenue 19% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $29k (4.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $332k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $3,917, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 37 employees.