Capital Advocacy Services

Analysis

Capital Advocacy Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Harrisburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2024, 2 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 June 2023, Capital Advocacy Services reported income of $225k and spending of $595k, spending 264% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income fell from $868k to $225k (-74%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 133% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Capital Advocacy Services sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Autism Health Insurance Project Inc ($225k), Kwco Cares Inc ($225k) and Hagerstown Day Nursery ($225k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% and program service revenue 92% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $252k. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $1.9m, net assets of -$183k. It reported 10 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.