Walker Area Community Center

Analysis

Walker Area Community Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Walker, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2002, 24 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, Walker Area Community Center reported income of $277k and spending of $417k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $374k to $277k (-26%), an average of -7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Walker Area Community Center sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include All Faiths Pantry ($277k), Deep City Water Lodge 751 Charties Incorporated ($277k) and Coos Elderly Services Inc ($277k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.9% and program service revenue 80% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $73k. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $2.0m, net assets of $847k. It reported 2 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.