The Aurora Club

Analysis

The Aurora Club is a registered charity in United States, based in Harrisburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, The Aurora Club reported income of $641k and spending of $646k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $781k to $641k (-18%), an average of -4.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Aurora Club sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friendship House Inc ($641k), Relapsing Polychondritis Awareness and Support Foundation ($641k) and Hampton Lakes Emergency Squad Inc ($641k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $41k (6.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $243k. At year end it held assets of $570k against liabilities of $64k, net assets of $506k. It reported 15 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.