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Blue Star Service Dogs Inc

RegisteredEIN 27-2228933Hamburg, MIPoverty relief
Income$1.1m2023-12
Spending$940ksame year
Spent / received91%5-year average
Size in its cause76th pctPoverty relief
Exempt since2011Publicly supported organisat
Employees4latest return

Analysis

Blue Star Service Dogs Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Hamburg, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 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 (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, Blue Star Service Dogs Inc reported income of $1.1m and spending of $940k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $281k to $1.1m (+288%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Blue Star Service Dogs Inc sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Peacock Family Services ($1.1m), Twin Rivers Food Pantry ($1.1m) and Servants Heart of Mint Hill Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $699k against liabilities of $308k, net assets of $391k. It reported 4 employees.

Income and spending

$0$272k$545k$817k$1.1m2019 Income: $281,0782019 Spending: $236,92920192020 Income: $395,6112020 Spending: $430,65220202021 Income: $537,3182021 Spending: $496,73220212022 Income: $675,8622022 Spending: $619,82020222023 Income: $1,089,9672023 Spending: $940,2142023
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Contributions & grants 99%
  • Other 0.7%

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CharityLocationIncome
Peacock Family ServicesBainbridge Is$1.1m
Twin Rivers Food PantryFranklin$1.1m
Servants Heart of Mint Hill IncMint Hill$1.1m
Imani Family CenterCincinnati$1.1m