Community Center of Lakewood Inc
Analysis
Community Center of Lakewood Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Woodbridge, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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, Community Center of Lakewood Inc reported income of $158k and spending of $225k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $82k to $158k (+93%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 148% of the income it received.
Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Community Center of Lakewood Inc sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Happy Reading Ministries Inc ($158k), Hebrew Free Loan Assoc of San Antonio ($158k) and Frances Paul TR No-319319 ($158k).
On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 97% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $4.4m.
Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Program services 97%
- Other 2.7%
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Happy Reading Ministries Inc | Port Neches | $158k |
| Hebrew Free Loan Assoc of San Antonio | San Antonio | $158k |
| Frances Paul TR No-319319 | Cincinnati | $158k |
| Good News Ministries of Tampa Bay Inc | Riverview | $158k |