Congress for the New Urbanism

Analysis

Congress for the New Urbanism is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, Congress for the New Urbanism reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.5m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.5m to $1.5m (-0.3%), an average of -0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Congress for the New Urbanism 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 84th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gildas Club-Metro Detroit ($1.5m), Samoan Club of the Monterey Peninsula LLC ($1.5m) and Illinois Music Educators Assn ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 54% and program service revenue 45% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $260k (17% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $451k. At year end it held assets of $599k against liabilities of $24k, net assets of $575k. It reported 9 employees.