Center for Community Stewardship Inc

Analysis

Center for Community Stewardship Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Madison, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, Center for Community Stewardship Inc reported income of $4.4m and spending of $4.8m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $4.4m (+264%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Center for Community Stewardship Inc sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The International Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Opht ($4.4m), Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment ($4.4m) and Wolf Run Village Inc ($4.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% and program service revenue 21% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $98k (2.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. It paid $29k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $233k, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 69 employees.