Brethren Home Community

Analysis

Brethren Home Community is a registered charity in United States, based in New Oxford, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1957, 69 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 June 2023, Brethren Home Community reported income of $48.1m and spending of $48.5m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $52.8m to $48.1m (-8.9%), an average of -2.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Brethren Home Community sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cen-Clear Child Services Inc ($48.1m), Mercyfirst ($48.3m) and Miami Valley Child Development Centers Inc ($48.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 4.1% and program service revenue 93% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $926k (1.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $17.4m. At year end it held assets of $192.4m against liabilities of $104.1m, net assets of $88.3m. It reported 612 employees.