Jewish Community Center

Analysis

Jewish Community Center is a registered charity in United States, based in New Orleans, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1942, 84 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, Jewish Community Center reported income of $10.2m and spending of $9.9m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $9.3m to $10.2m (+9.6%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Jewish Community Center sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sol Care Services Inc ($10.1m), United Hospice Inc ($10.2m) and YWCA Central Massachusetts Inc ($10.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 52% and program service revenue 43% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $452k (4.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $5.2m. At year end it held assets of $21.0m against liabilities of $1.5m, net assets of $19.5m. It reported 407 employees.