Citizens Project

Analysis

Citizens Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Colorado SPGS, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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 2022, Citizens Project reported income of $185k and spending of $259k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $178k to $185k (+4.2%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Citizens Project sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 48th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Towers of Excellence ($185k), Fostering Hope Florida Inc ($185k) and Garden 58 ($185k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 101% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $142k. At year end it held assets of $249k against liabilities of $3,874, net assets of $245k. It reported 6 employees.