Community Christmas Dinner

Analysis

Community Christmas Dinner is a registered charity in United States, based in Surfside BCH, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 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 (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 Christmas Dinner reported income of $55k and spending of $62k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $85k to $55k (-35%), an average of -35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Christmas Dinner sits at the 19th percentile: it is larger than about 19% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 22nd percentile, and in the 28th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Little Eagle Free Inc ($55k), John & Richmond Foundation International ($55k) and Paulding Putnam Electric Trust Inc ($55k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $37k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $37k.