Adoption S T a R Inc

Analysis

Adoption S T a R Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Buffalo, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2022, Adoption S T a R Inc reported income of $2.3m and spending of $2.6m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $2.3m to $2.3m (-0.9%), an average of -0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Adoption S T a R Inc sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Resource Network ($2.3m), Refuge House Inc ($2.3m) and Gifford Youth Achievement Center Inc ($2.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 9.5% and program service revenue 85% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $133k (5.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. At year end it held assets of $3.6m against liabilities of $241k, net assets of $3.4m. It reported 38 employees.