Kansas City Community Gardens Inc

Analysis

Kansas City Community Gardens Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Kansas City, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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 September 2023, Kansas City Community Gardens Inc reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.5m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $1.9m to $1.3m (-28%), an average of -8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Kansas City Community Gardens Inc sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 80th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ausable River Association Inc ($1.3m), West Virginia Rivers Coalition Inc ($1.3m) and Bring Recycling ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% and program service revenue 6.5% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $85k (5.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $773k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $61k, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 30 employees.