Harwich Ecumenical Council for the Homeless

Analysis

Harwich Ecumenical Council for the Homeless is a registered charity in United States, based in West Harwich, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1993, 33 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, Harwich Ecumenical Council for the Homeless reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.0m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.0m to $1.0m (-1.0%), an average of -0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Harwich Ecumenical Council for the Homeless sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wee Love Learning ($1.0m), Miami Diaper Bank Inc ($1.0m) and Kandiyohi County Food Shelf ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 48% and program service revenue 37% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $407k. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $1.3m, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 12 employees.