Deacons of Deadwood

Analysis

Deacons of Deadwood is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 2022, Deacons of Deadwood reported income of $233k and spending of $146k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2022, income grew from $230k to $233k (+1.3%), an average of +0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Deacons of Deadwood sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 61st percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Torah-Synagogue Foundation ($233k), United Way of White County Inc ($233k) and Vip Bais Hachaim Inc ($233k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 226% of the total. At year end it held assets of $111k against liabilities of $14k, net assets of $97k.