Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City

Analysis

Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City is a registered charity in United States, based in Overland Park, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1947, 79 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City reported income of $18.5m and spending of $16.6m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $12.7m to $18.5m (+45%), an average of +9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Childrens Cancer Research Fund ($18.4m), Coastal Bend Community Foundation ($18.5m) and Highland Santa Barbara Foundation Inc ($18.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 51% and program service revenue 48% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $510k (3.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $7.5m. At year end it held assets of $12.1m against liabilities of $2.8m, net assets of $9.3m. It reported 885 employees.