Community Housing Services

Analysis

Community Housing Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Salt Lake Cty, UT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1995, 31 years ago. 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, Community Housing Services reported income of $172k and spending of $292k, spending 169% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $198k to $172k (-13%), an average of -3.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 150% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Community Housing Services sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 49th percentile within UT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include American Society of Heating Refrigerating & A-C Engineers ($172k), Lake City Food Shelf Inc ($172k) and Casa of Jefferson County ($172k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $2.6m, net assets of -$1.4m.

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.