Lancaster City Alliance

Analysis

Lancaster City Alliance is a registered charity in United States, based in Lancaster, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2014, 12 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 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, Lancaster City Alliance reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.6m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income fell from $2.2m to $1.4m (-36%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Lancaster City Alliance sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 81st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Civic Concourse Village Corporation ($1.4m), Inter-Mountain Fair Heritage Foundation ($1.4m) and Oakland & the World Enterprises Inc ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 67% and program service revenue 35% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $245k (16% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $459k. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $603k, net assets of $2.2m.