Can-Do Kalamazoo

Analysis

Can-Do Kalamazoo is a registered charity in United States, based in Kalamazoo, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2016, 10 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, Can-Do Kalamazoo reported income of $649k and spending of $507k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $199k to $649k (+226%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Can-Do Kalamazoo sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fuquay Varina Emergency Food Pantry ($649k), Lafayette Square Area Coalition Inc ($649k) and The Coastal Samaritan Counseling Center Inc ($649k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% and program service revenue 11% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $67k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $177k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $421k, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 9 employees.