Don Bosco Community Center

Analysis

Don Bosco Community Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Kansas City, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1976, 50 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 2023, Don Bosco Community Center reported income of $2.4m and spending of $2.5m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $2.6m to $2.4m (-7.3%), an average of -1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Don Bosco Community Center sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bridges Foundation ($2.4m), Young Mens Christian Association ($2.4m) and Caribbean Womens Health Association Inc ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 47% and program service revenue 56% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $95k (3.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $888k. At year end it held assets of $4.4m against liabilities of $264k, net assets of $4.2m. It reported 44 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.