Committee on Temporary Shelter

Analysis

Committee on Temporary Shelter is a registered charity in United States, based in Burlington, VT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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 September 2023, Committee on Temporary Shelter reported income of $5.0m and spending of $4.3m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $3.5m to $5.0m (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Committee on Temporary Shelter sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within VT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hawaiian Community Assets Inc ($5.0m), Habitat for Humanity International Inc ($5.0m) and Thelma Arms Inc Royal Adah Arms ($5.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% and program service revenue 9.5% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $119k (2.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.0m. At year end it held assets of $14.2m against liabilities of $280k, net assets of $13.9m. It reported 82 employees.