Sister Dulce Foundation

Analysis

Sister Dulce Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Baton Rouge, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2005, 21 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 2022, Sister Dulce Foundation reported income of $1.6m and spending of $588k, leaving 64% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2022, income grew from $627k to $1.6m (+160%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 114%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sister Dulce Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Belmont Community Day Care Center Inc ($1.6m), New Horizons Crisis Center ($1.6m) and Team Joseph Inc ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 81% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $162k. At year end it held assets of $2.7m against liabilities of $11k, net assets of $2.7m. It reported 8 employees.