Par

Analysis

Par is a registered charity in United States, based in Harrisburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 June 2023, Par reported income of $2.0m and spending of $2.0m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.8m to $2.0m (+8.5%), an average of +2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 532%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Par sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Smyrna-Lavergne Food Bank ($2.0m), 18th Judicial District Juvenile Assessment Center ($2.0m) and Lincoln County Resource Board ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.0% and program service revenue 14% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $771k, net assets of $680k. It reported 11 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.