Association of State Service Commissions

Analysis

Association of State Service Commissions is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Association of State Service Commissions reported income of $3.9m and spending of $4.2m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.7m to $3.9m (+136%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Association of State Service Commissions sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 77th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trilith Foundation Inc ($3.9m), National Christian Foundation Inc ($3.9m) and Impact Foundation ($3.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 45% and program service revenue 55% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $150k (3.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $784k. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $436k, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 11 employees.