Echelon Community Services

Analysis

Echelon Community Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Echelon Community Services reported income of $7.2m and spending of $5.7m, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $5.1m to $7.2m (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Echelon Community Services sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Better Family Life Inc ($7.2m), Washington Greene County Job Training Agency Inc ($7.3m) and The Contingent ($7.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 96% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $537k (9.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.4m. At year end it held assets of $4.4m against liabilities of $984k, net assets of $3.4m. It reported 92 employees.