The Sparrows Nest

Analysis

The Sparrows Nest is a registered charity in United States, based in St Peters, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, The Sparrows Nest reported income of $186k and spending of $291k, spending 156% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $448k to $186k (-58%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Sparrows Nest sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 49th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Care & Counseling of Aiken Inc ($186k), Core Foundation Inc ($186k) and Tionesta Ambulance Service Inc ($186k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 56% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $155k. At year end it held assets of $574k against liabilities of $82k, net assets of $493k. It reported 6 employees.