Rudolphy-Mercy-Douglas Home for the Blind

Analysis

Rudolphy-Mercy-Douglas Home for the Blind is a registered charity in United States, based in Philadelphia, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1999, 27 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 2024, Rudolphy-Mercy-Douglas Home for the Blind reported income of $454k and spending of $470k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $317k to $454k (+43%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Rudolphy-Mercy-Douglas Home for the Blind sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rudden Family Foundation Inc ($453k), Ohio District 5 Area Agency on Aging Foundation ($454k) and Monticello Christian Social Services Inc ($453k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.7% and program service revenue 97% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $66k. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $2.1m, net assets of -$421k.