Chris White Community Development Corporation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Our mission is to provide affordable artists' housing along with the supporting infrastructures that cultivate a Wilmington art community capable of innovative and lasting collaborations with its surroundings.
- Income
- $321,902
- Spending
- $526,236
- Spent on programs
- 99%
- Reserves
- -31.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 96%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 20
- Highest pay
- $2,885, director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 40 out of 100. Higher than 11% of charities in its peer group (community improvement, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 49% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 63% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 4% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1599% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 80 out of 100. Higher than 56% of charities in its peer group (community improvement, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 259 of 9 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $507,892 spent. Operation of a 23-unit low-income apartment building for artists, including making the building's street-level gallery available to tenants.
- $12,660 spent. Pursuant to its mission, CWCDC operates the street-level Chris White Gallery portion of the Project, conducting or facilitating art-related and community events. Since resuming gallery activities in November 2021 after a 20-month hiatus during the COVID pandemic, CWCDC has regularly mounted exhibits of work by local artists and opened them to the public on preannounced occasions and made them available for private showings as well. Unpaid board members and other volunteers manage the gallery and organize events, which may include performance art, or artisan markets, as well as visual exhibits. Curation and set-up of exhibits is contracted with qualified representatives of the local art community on a per-exhibit basis. During 2025 the gallery was open to the public for 25 showings covering 9 different presentations; in 2024 there were 18 showings of 7 presentations. CWCDC earns a below-market commission when art is sold as a result of exhibits. The gallery is also offered to the community for appropriate private events for a nominal cost, resulting in 25 additional showings of art to a different public segment during 2025 and 18 in 2024.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 2000.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
Could it be confused with another charity? Worth knowing.
A much larger organization has a similar name: Christian Community Development Corporation Inc (Memphis, TN), EIN 62-1797945. If that is the one you meant, check the EIN before giving.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
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