Summit Community Gardens

Analysis

Summit Community Gardens is a registered charity in United States, based in Park City, UT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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, Summit Community Gardens reported income of $462k and spending of $385k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $224k to $462k (+107%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 70%. 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, Summit Community Gardens 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 69th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within UT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wells Bring Hope ($462k), Revive and Thrive Project ($462k) and Project Pinball Charity Group Inc ($462k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 63% and program service revenue 32% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $221k. At year end it held assets of $276k against liabilities of $4,939, net assets of $271k. It reported 9 employees.