Communities Unlimited Inc

Analysis

Communities Unlimited Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Fayetteville, AR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1977, 49 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 September 2023, Communities Unlimited Inc reported income of $15.5m and spending of $12.3m, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $7.1m to $15.5m (+118%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Communities Unlimited Inc sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within AR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Alternatives Incorporated ($15.4m), Heart of America Foundation ($15.5m) and Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio Inc ($15.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 7.9% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $268k (2.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $6.5m. At year end it held assets of $37.0m against liabilities of $16.4m, net assets of $20.5m. It reported 109 employees.