Colorado Elks Association Charities

Analysis

Colorado Elks Association Charities is a registered charity in United States, based in Berthoud, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1994, 32 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 September 2023, Colorado Elks Association Charities reported income of $572k and spending of $499k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $352k to $572k (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 43%. 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, Colorado Elks Association Charities sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 70th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Willow Tree Missions ($572k), The Jewish Home for Aged Foundation Inc ($572k) and Scott J Beigel Memorial Fund Inc ($572k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $1.0m, net assets of $340k.