Jefferson Street Oasis Community Garden

Analysis

Jefferson Street Oasis Community Garden is a registered charity in United States, based in Springfield, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Jefferson Street Oasis Community Garden reported income of $53k and spending of $36k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $251k to $53k (-79%), an average of -32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 30% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Jefferson Street Oasis Community Garden sits at the 18th percentile: it is larger than about 18% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 21st percentile, and in the 21st percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hospice of Haines ($53k), Javesca Feeds Inc ($53k) and Family Enrichment Society of Cerritos ($53k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $305k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $305k.