St Elizabeth Child Care Center

Analysis

St Elizabeth Child Care Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Jersey City, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1946, 80 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, St Elizabeth Child Care Center reported income of $2.0m and spending of $3.3m, spending 169% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.0m to $2.0m (+0.8%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 148% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, St Elizabeth Child Care Center 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 86th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Talking Bibles International ($2.0m), World Missions Today ($2.0m) and Saint Vincent de Paul Conference of Our Lady Star of the Sea ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.7% and program service revenue 96% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $8.2m, net assets of -$7.1m. It reported 40 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.