Allegheny Lutheran Social Ministries Inc

Analysis

Allegheny Lutheran Social Ministries Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Hollidaysburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a church under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Allegheny Lutheran Social Ministries Inc reported income of $17.9m and spending of $22.0m, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $26.2m to $17.9m (-32%), an average of -9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Allegheny Lutheran Social Ministries Inc sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Ward Center Inc ($17.9m), Midwest Christian Villages Inc ($17.9m) and Community Action Agency ($17.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.4% and program service revenue 101% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $306k (1.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $7.4m. At year end it held assets of $47.4m against liabilities of $16.1m, net assets of $31.3m. It reported 358 employees.