Blue Sky Support Services
Analysis
Blue Sky Support Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Detroit Lakes, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2011, 15 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 December 2022, Blue Sky Support Services reported income of $663k and spending of $648k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $723k to $663k (-8.3%), an average of -2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.
Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Blue Sky Support Services sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include With Friends Inc ($663k), St Vincent de Paul Society of Marinette Inc ($664k) and Chayim Aruchim Inc ($663k).
On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from program service revenue 92% of the total. At year end it held assets of $284k against liabilities of $34k, net assets of $250k.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Program services 92%
- Other 8.2%
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| With Friends Inc | Gastonia | $663k |
| St Vincent de Paul Society of Marinette Inc | Marinette | $664k |
| Chayim Aruchim Inc | Lakewood | $663k |
| Brightpoint for Children Inc | Marietta | $664k |