Senior Citizens of Christian County Transportation Fund

Analysis

Senior Citizens of Christian County Transportation Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Taylorville, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1981, 45 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, Senior Citizens of Christian County Transportation Fund reported income of $431k and spending of $460k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $344k to $431k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Senior Citizens of Christian County Transportation Fund sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Project Healthy Kids Inc ($431k), Sweetwater Mission Inc ($431k) and Lewiston Independent Foundation for Education Inc ($431k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% and program service revenue 23% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $48k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $194k. At year end it held assets of $263k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $263k. It reported 17 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.