Prairie Community Services Inc

Analysis

Prairie Community Services Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Morris, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Prairie Community Services Inc reported income of $29.5m and spending of $29.6m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $28.1m to $29.5m (+4.7%), an average of +0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 297%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Prairie Community Services Inc sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Central Connecticut Coast Young Mens Christian Association Inc ($29.5m), Union Settlement Assoc ($29.5m) and Nysarc Inc ($29.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.0% and program service revenue 90% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $18.2m. At year end it held assets of $8.3m against liabilities of $6.4m, net assets of $2.0m. It reported 743 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.