St John Lutheran Care Center

Analysis

St John Lutheran Care Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Mars, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1983, 43 years ago. 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, St John Lutheran Care Center reported income of $14.0m and spending of $19.5m, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $20.9m to $14.0m (-33%), an average of -9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, St John Lutheran Care Center sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stone Child College Corporation ($14.0m), Wesley Housing Development Corporation ($14.0m) and The Society of St Vincent de Paul District Council of Sonoma County ($14.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.5% and program service revenue 93% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $4.9m. At year end it held assets of $33.8m against liabilities of $51.0m, net assets of -$17.2m. It reported 154 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.