Berkeley Community Scholars

Analysis

Berkeley Community Scholars is a registered charity in United States, based in Berkeley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 June 2023, Berkeley Community Scholars reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.3m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.1m to $1.3m (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Berkeley Community Scholars sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include TH Kids Inc ($1.3m), Jack G Buncher Charitable Fund Forthe Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh ($1.3m) and Community Foundation of Greene County Pennsylvania ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $123k (9.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $296k. It paid $15k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $110k, net assets of $2.8m. It reported 6 employees.