Catholic Service Board

Analysis

Catholic Service Board is a registered charity in United States, based in Davenport, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending April 2024, Catholic Service Board reported income of $159k and spending of $138k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2020 to April 2024, income grew from $117k to $159k (+36%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Catholic Service Board sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 49th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Becklar Cares Foundation ($159k), Words of Wisdom ($159k) and Good Samaritan Network of Ross County Inc ($159k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending April 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.9% and program service revenue 92% of the total. At year end it held assets of $718k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $718k.