Southern Tier Environments for Living Inc

Analysis

Southern Tier Environments for Living Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Dunkirk, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Southern Tier Environments for Living Inc reported income of $12.0m and spending of $11.7m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $8.7m to $12.0m (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Southern Tier Environments for Living Inc sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include LCH Health and Community Services ($12.0m), Institute for Human Resources & Services ($12.1m) and Challenge Enterprises of North Florida Inc ($12.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.1% and program service revenue 104% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $6.0m. At year end it held assets of $12.7m against liabilities of $4.8m, net assets of $8.0m. It reported 182 employees.