Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Analysis

Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture is a registered charity in United States, based in Ajo, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.1m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $522k to $1.2m (+137%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 79th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Civic Canopy ($1.2m), Atlanta Center for Self Sufficiency Inc ($1.2m) and Near West Side Partners Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 2.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $161k (14% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $332k. At year end it held assets of $155k against liabilities of $21k, net assets of $134k. It reported 40 employees.