Avenues to Community Inc

Analysis

Avenues to Community Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Fitchburg, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2001, 25 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, Avenues to Community Inc reported income of $3.2m and spending of $3.1m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $937k to $3.2m (+237%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Avenues to Community Inc sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include SRS Raise the Roof Foundation Inc ($3.2m), Oberlin Community Services Council ($3.2m) and Benefits in Action ($3.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.0% and program service revenue 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $162k (5.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.0m. At year end it held assets of $820k against liabilities of $384k, net assets of $436k. It reported 40 employees.