West Harlem Group Assistance Inc

Analysis

West Harlem Group Assistance Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1973, 53 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, West Harlem Group Assistance Inc reported income of $6.3m and spending of $4.2m, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.9m to $6.3m (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, West Harlem Group Assistance Inc sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 91st percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hillcrest Platte County ($6.3m), Habitat for Humanity International Inc ($6.4m) and Windham & Windsor Housing Trust Inc ($6.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 9.6% and program service revenue 65% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $373k (9.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.9m. At year end it held assets of $10.9m against liabilities of $947k, net assets of $10.0m. It reported 35 employees.