Center for the Advancement of Rural Living

Analysis

Center for the Advancement of Rural Living is a registered charity in United States, based in Caribou, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2014, 12 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 December 2023, Center for the Advancement of Rural Living reported income of $95k and spending of $88k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $92k to $95k (+3.4%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Center for the Advancement of Rural Living sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile, and in the 29th percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fishbone Ministries Inc ($95k), Montville Township 4th of July Inc ($95k) and Joanna House II Inc ($95k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 48% and program service revenue 52% of the total. At year end it held assets of $285k against liabilities of $202k, net assets of $84k.