East Calais Community Trust

Analysis

East Calais Community Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in East Calais, VT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, East Calais Community Trust reported income of $1.4m and spending of $383k, leaving 73% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $229k to $1.4m (+519%), an average of +149% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 1276%. Over the whole period it spent 43% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, East Calais Community Trust sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 81st percentile within VT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greater Baton Rouge Economic Founda Tion ($1.4m), Houston Community Toolbank Inc ($1.4m) and National Community Development Association ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.1m.