City Life Center Inc

Analysis

City Life Center Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Gary, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2015, 11 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, City Life Center Inc reported income of $470k and spending of $484k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $568k to $470k (-17%), an average of -4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, City Life Center Inc sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Be Better Foundation Inc ($470k), Faithcentre ($470k) and Early Childhood Council ($470k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.7% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $323k. At year end it held assets of $28k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $28k. It reported 28 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.