Self-Sustaining Enterprises Inc

Analysis

Self-Sustaining Enterprises Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Mason, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Self-Sustaining Enterprises Inc reported income of $553k and spending of $526k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $614k to $553k (-9.9%), an average of -2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Self-Sustaining Enterprises Inc sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Straw to Bread ($553k), Cambodia Christian Ministries ($554k) and Global Impact Inc ($553k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 102% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $44k. At year end it held assets of $386k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $386k. It reported 3 employees.