Council of Community Services

Analysis

Council of Community Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Gillette, WY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1978, 48 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, Council of Community Services reported income of $3.8m and spending of $3.6m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.2m to $3.8m (+17%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Council of Community Services 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 90th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within WY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Steamfitters Lu 420 Apprenticeship & Journeyman Training Fund ($3.8m), Access Incorporated ($3.8m) and Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives Inc ($3.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 2.6% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.3m. At year end it held assets of $4.6m against liabilities of $1.9m, net assets of $2.7m. It reported 56 employees.