St Johns Community Services

Analysis

St Johns Community Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, St Johns Community Services reported income of $5.3m and spending of $11.8m, spending 222% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $4.5m to $5.3m (+16%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 219% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, St Johns Community Services sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 80th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cascades Academy of Central Oregon Inc ($5.3m), Nuestra Escuela Inc ($5.3m) and Buxton School Inc ($5.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 12% and program service revenue 87% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $133k (1.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.4m. At year end it held assets of $13.3m against liabilities of $10.3m, net assets of $2.9m. It reported 886 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.