Desha Area Directions Inc

Analysis

Desha Area Directions Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Dumas, AR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 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 June 2024, Desha Area Directions Inc reported income of $57k and spending of $105k, spending 185% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income fell from $61k to $57k (-6.9%), an average of -1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 170%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Desha Area Directions Inc sits at the 13th percentile: it is larger than about 12% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 22nd percentile, and in the 20th percentile within AR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fairview House ($57k), Build a Home Inc ($57k) and Omaha Housing Authority Foundation Inc ($57k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $969k against liabilities of $1.4m, net assets of -$419k.