Arc Greater Columbia County

Analysis

Arc Greater Columbia County is a registered charity in United States, based in Portage, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2017, 9 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, Arc Greater Columbia County reported income of $601k and spending of $670k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.0m to $601k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Arc Greater Columbia County sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include American Service Animal Society ($601k), Wheeler Area Activities and Improvement Council Inc ($601k) and Data You Can Use Inc ($601k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.2% and program service revenue 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $64k (9.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $391k. At year end it held assets of $684k against liabilities of $17k, net assets of $667k. It reported 14 employees.