Aurora House Foundation

Analysis

Aurora House Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Weslaco, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2006, 20 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 June 2024, Aurora House Foundation reported income of $421k and spending of $559k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income fell from $485k to $421k (-13%), an average of -2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Aurora House Foundation sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Delta Economic Development Corportation ($421k), Project Touch AIDS Network Inc ($421k) and BCS Together ($421k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $65k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $323k. At year end it held assets of $970k against liabilities of $2,520, net assets of $968k.