Muscatine Center for Social Action

Analysis

Muscatine Center for Social Action is a registered charity in United States, based in Muscatine, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, Muscatine Center for Social Action reported income of $2.6m and spending of $2.9m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $2.6m (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Muscatine Center for Social Action 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 88th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Institute for Advanced Learning and Research Foundation ($2.6m), Northeastern Michigan Rehabilitation and Opportunity Cen ($2.6m) and North American Society for Trenchless Technology ($2.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% and program service revenue 9.3% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.0m. At year end it held assets of $3.9m against liabilities of $253k, net assets of $3.7m. It reported 57 employees.