Christian Housing-Cottonwood Inc

Analysis

Christian Housing-Cottonwood Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Phoenix, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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, Christian Housing-Cottonwood Inc reported income of $928k and spending of $1.3m, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $184k to $928k (+404%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 262%. Over the whole period it spent 135% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Christian Housing-Cottonwood Inc sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Francis House Inc ($927k), Seal Beach Shores Inc ($928k) and Mercy Properties Inc ($927k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.1% and program service revenue 92% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $139k. At year end it held assets of $9.6m against liabilities of $4.9m, net assets of $4.7m.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.