Elijah Family Homes

Analysis

Elijah Family Homes is a registered charity in United States, based in Richland, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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, Elijah Family Homes reported income of $937k and spending of $949k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $657k to $937k (+43%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Elijah Family Homes sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include House of Tulip ($937k), Brown Lawson Housing Development Corporation ($937k) and Volunteers of America Inc ($937k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% and program service revenue 17% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $68k (7.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $412k. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $15k, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 18 employees.