Childtown Inc

Analysis

Childtown Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Shelbyville, KY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Childtown Inc reported income of $1.0m and spending of $956k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $720k to $1.0m (+40%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Childtown Inc sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within KY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Family-To-Family Inc ($1.0m), Youth Enrichment Program ($1.0m) and We R Hope ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 42% and program service revenue 58% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $137k (14% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $416k. At year end it held assets of $649k against liabilities of $3,738, net assets of $645k. It reported 39 employees.