Friends of Shirati

Analysis

Friends of Shirati is a registered charity in United States, based in Camp Hill, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Friends of Shirati reported income of $234k and spending of $227k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $465k to $234k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Friends of Shirati sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 55th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Motown Soup Inc ($234k), Family Arts Needlework Shop Inc ($234k) and Xavier Foundation Inc ($234k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $136k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $136k.