Berne Commuinity Development Corporation

Analysis

Berne Commuinity Development Corporation is a registered charity in United States, based in Berne, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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, Berne Commuinity Development Corporation reported income of $124k and spending of $159k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $160k to $124k (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Berne Commuinity Development Corporation sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 41st percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dallas County Conservation Foundation ($124k), Cape Coral Remade ($125k) and The Garden Club of Allegheny County ($124k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.3m against liabilities of $600, net assets of $3.3m.

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.