Empowering and Strengthening Ohios People

Analysis

Empowering and Strengthening Ohios People is a registered charity in United States, based in Cleveland, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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, Empowering and Strengthening Ohios People reported income of $880k and spending of $1.5m, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $907k to $880k (-3.0%), an average of -0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Empowering and Strengthening Ohios People sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Onondaga Apartments Housing Development Fund Company Inc ($878k), Evanswood 202 Housing Corporation ($880k) and Community Development Projects Inc ($878k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% and program service revenue 6.1% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $770k. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $3.7m, net assets of -$1.1m.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.