Friends of the Poor and Catherine McAuley Center

Analysis

Friends of the Poor and Catherine McAuley Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Scranton, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2007, 19 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, Friends of the Poor and Catherine McAuley Center reported income of $2.5m and spending of $1.9m, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $2.5m (+60%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Friends of the Poor and Catherine McAuley Center sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Massena Independent Living Center ($2.5m), Matthews Crossing ($2.5m) and Arc of Arizona Inc ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% and program service revenue 5.4% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $70k (3.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $598k. At year end it held assets of $8.3m against liabilities of $80k, net assets of $8.3m. It reported 21 employees.