Shelter 37 Incorporated

Analysis

Shelter 37 Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Whittier, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2016, 10 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, Shelter 37 Incorporated reported income of $838k and spending of $717k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $154k to $838k (+445%), an average of +53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 591%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Shelter 37 Incorporated 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 78th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pathway to the Future Learning Center Inc ($837k), Family Promise of Greater Wichita ($838k) and Cottages of Hope Inc ($837k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 49% and program service revenue 50% of the total. It paid $171k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $526k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $526k.