Sunshine Station

Analysis

Sunshine Station is a registered charity in United States, based in Milford, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2005, 21 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 December 2023, Sunshine Station reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.2m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $615k to $1.1m (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sunshine Station sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Today Is a Good Day ($1.1m), Houston Welcomes Refugees ($1.1m) and North Suburban Emergency Assistance Response Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.2% and program service revenue 98% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $412k. At year end it held assets of $283k against liabilities of $11k, net assets of $271k. It reported 22 employees.