Allentown Rescue Mission Foundation

Analysis

Allentown Rescue Mission Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Allentown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Allentown Rescue Mission Foundation reported income of $2.3m and spending of $825k, leaving 63% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $109k to $2.3m (+1977%), an average of +114% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 1411%. Over the whole period it spent 35% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Allentown Rescue Mission Foundation 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 85th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Program for Early Parent Support ($2.3m), Deaf Empowerment Awareness Foundation Inc ($2.3m) and Healthy Learners ($2.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $76k. It paid $545k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $13.5m against liabilities of $31k, net assets of $13.5m.