Olympic Community Action Programs

Analysis

Olympic Community Action Programs is a registered charity in United States, based in Port Townsend, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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 December 2023, Olympic Community Action Programs reported income of $14.3m and spending of $14.1m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $8.3m to $14.3m (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Olympic Community Action Programs sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Life Works ($14.3m), Mary Queen and Mother Association ($14.3m) and Community Crisis Services and Food Bank ($14.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 3.5% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $211k (1.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.9m. At year end it held assets of $21.7m against liabilities of $17.0m, net assets of $4.7m. It reported 138 employees.