Open Access Connections

Analysis

Open Access Connections is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Paul, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1995, 31 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, Open Access Connections reported income of $175k and spending of $198k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $212k to $175k (-17%), an average of -9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Open Access Connections sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 49th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Project Watu Kamili Inc ($175k), 134 Collaborative ($175k) and Imperial Beach Neighborhood Center ($175k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 8.2% of the total. At year end it held assets of $40k against liabilities of $12k, net assets of $28k.