Welcoming the Stranger

Analysis

Welcoming the Stranger is a registered charity in United States, based in Langhorne, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2009, 17 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, Welcoming the Stranger reported income of $189k and spending of $157k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $249k to $189k (-24%), an average of -8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Welcoming the Stranger sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 50th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hart Life Pregnancy Care Center Inc ($189k), Fall Mountain Friendly Meals ($189k) and Malama Pregnancy Center of Maui ($189k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $357k against liabilities of $2,290, net assets of $355k.