Families First in Essex County Inc

Analysis

Families First in Essex County Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Elizabethtown, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1994, 32 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, Families First in Essex County Inc reported income of $3.1m and spending of $3.0m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.1m to $3.1m (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Families First in Essex County Inc sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seattle Housing and Resource Effort ($3.1m), Christian Help Inc ($3.1m) and South Valley Sanctuary Inc ($3.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 26% and program service revenue 69% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $110k (3.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.8m. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $174k, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 50 employees.