United Sikhs

Analysis

United Sikhs is a registered charity in United States, based in S Richmond HL, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2003, 23 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, United Sikhs reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.1m, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $864k to $1.4m (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 144%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, United Sikhs sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 79th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Speakout ($1.4m), Kenwood Manor Inc ($1.4m) and Woodlands Serving Central Ohio Inc ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $117k. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of -$173k, net assets of $3.6m. It reported 4 employees.