Birch Community Services Inc

Analysis

Birch Community Services Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1997, 29 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 October 2023, Birch Community Services Inc reported income of $20.9m and spending of $20.0m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2019 to October 2023, income grew from $16.2m to $20.9m (+28%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2020, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Birch Community Services Inc sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Consumer Credit Counseling Service of San Francisco ($20.9m), Nia Community Services Network Inc ($20.9m) and Ohr Avner Foundation Inc ($20.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending October 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $104k (0.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $765k. It paid $14k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $3.9m against liabilities of $1.2m, net assets of $2.6m. It reported 27 employees.