Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners

Analysis

Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners is a registered charity in United States, based in Chevy Chase, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2012, 14 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 church under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2024, Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners reported income of $382k and spending of $308k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2024, income grew from $71k to $382k (+437%), an average of +75% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 343%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rural Peoples Platform ($382k), Upper Manhattan Together Inc ($382k) and Sellwood Moreland Improvement League ($382k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 33% and program service revenue 64% of the total. At year end it held assets of $445k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $445k.