Adopt-A-Block of Aroostook

Analysis

Adopt-A-Block of Aroostook is a registered charity in United States, based in Houlton, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 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, Adopt-A-Block of Aroostook reported income of $574k and spending of $531k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $256k to $574k (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Adopt-A-Block of Aroostook sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 68th percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include James W Foley Legacy Foundation Inc ($574k), Vocational Skills Services Inc ($574k) and Neighborhood Counseling Foundation ($574k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $34k. At year end it held assets of $258k against liabilities of $706, net assets of $257k. It reported 2 employees.