Community Options

Analysis

Community Options is a registered charity in United States, based in Chillicothe, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1994, 32 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 June 2024, Community Options reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.5m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $1.2m to $1.6m (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Options sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Baltimore Urban League ($1.6m), Jefferson City Day Care Inc ($1.6m) and Sweetwater Family Resource Center ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $62k (4.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $3,407, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 64 employees.