Dekalb County Community Gardens NFP

Analysis

Dekalb County Community Gardens NFP is a registered charity in United States, based in Dekalb, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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 December 2023, Dekalb County Community Gardens NFP reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.0m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $495k to $1.2m (+135%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 88%. 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, Dekalb County Community Gardens NFP sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 80th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Emerging Markets Development Corporation ($1.2m), Coachella Valley Economic Partnership ($1.2m) and Quaboag Valley Community Development Corporation ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% and program service revenue 11% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $61k (6.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $395k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $38k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 31 employees.