Chesterton House Inc

Analysis

Chesterton House Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Ithaca, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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 June 2023, Chesterton House Inc reported income of $974k and spending of $818k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $762k to $974k (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Chesterton House Inc 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 79th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Door of Hope Ministry Inc ($974k), Temple Israel Foundation ($974k) and Its Good to Know Inc ($973k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 70% and program service revenue 30% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $104k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $166k. At year end it held assets of $3.5m against liabilities of $75k, net assets of $3.4m. It reported 16 employees.