Communities in Partnership

Analysis

Communities in Partnership is a registered charity in United States, based in Durham, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2016, 10 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, Communities in Partnership reported income of $2.6m and spending of $2.5m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $358k to $2.6m (+633%), an average of +64% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 166%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Communities in Partnership sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jevs Foundation ($2.6m), Free the Work ($2.6m) and Vibrant Memphis Inc ($2.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 50% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $178k (7.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $296k. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $1.0m, net assets of $2.0m. It reported 14 employees.