Brethren Home Foundation

Analysis

Brethren Home Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in New Oxford, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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, Brethren Home Foundation reported income of $4.4m and spending of $1.7m, leaving 61% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $2.2m to $4.4m (+100%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 253%. Over the whole period it spent 45% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Brethren Home Foundation sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 90th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sentinel Services Group Inc ($4.4m), Human Services Programs of Carroll County Inc ($4.4m) and Non-Profit Housing Development Corporation of Lebanon County ($4.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 47% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $325k. At year end it held assets of $90.0m against liabilities of $1.6m, net assets of $88.5m. It reported 5 employees.