Stars Family Services

Analysis

Stars Family Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Wheaton, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 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, Stars Family Services reported income of $822k and spending of $817k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $489k to $822k (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Stars Family Services sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Osage Community Day Care ($822k), His Hope Teen Challenge Inc ($822k) and Book Fairies Inc ($822k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 70% and program service revenue 30% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $74k (9.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $460k. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $194k, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 58 employees.