Berlin Community Scholarship Corp

Analysis

Berlin Community Scholarship Corp is a registered charity in United States, based in Berlin, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1986, 40 years ago. 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, Berlin Community Scholarship Corp reported income of $198k and spending of $139k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $322k to $198k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 138%. Over the whole period it spent 51% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Berlin Community Scholarship Corp sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Galveston County Youth Soccer ($198k), Land Park Soccer Club ($198k) and Volunteers of America Inc ($198k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 37% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $68k, net assets of $2.0m.