Little Sisters of the Poor St Josephs Home for the Elderly

Analysis

Little Sisters of the Poor St Josephs Home for the Elderly is a registered charity in United States, based in Totowa, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1946, 80 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Little Sisters of the Poor St Josephs Home for the Elderly reported income of $4.4m and spending of $6.5m, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income fell from $10.3m to $4.4m (-57%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Little Sisters of the Poor St Josephs Home for the Elderly sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Paterson Counseling Center ($4.4m), Lakeview Health ($4.4m) and Grace Inspired Ministries ($4.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 46% and program service revenue 49% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $3.3m. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $1.5m, net assets of $713k. It reported 101 employees.