Better Living for Garrison Inc

Analysis

Better Living for Garrison Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Garrison, ND. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2008, 18 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, Better Living for Garrison Inc reported income of $66k and spending of $38k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $64k to $66k (+3.5%), an average of +0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Better Living for Garrison Inc sits at the 15th percentile: it is larger than about 15% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 26th percentile, and in the 17th percentile within ND. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eight-Eleven Development ($66k), Pinal Gila Councils Senior Foundation ($66k) and National Association of Housing & Redevelopment Officials ($66k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 69% of the total. At year end it held assets of $558k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $558k.