Serving Our Seniors

Analysis

Serving Our Seniors is a registered charity in United States, based in Sandusky, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1997, 29 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 September 2023, Serving Our Seniors reported income of $2.0m and spending of $1.5m, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $2.0m (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Serving Our Seniors sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Catholic Youth Assoc of Pittsburgh ($2.0m), Lincoln County Resource Board ($2.0m) and Eldercare Network of Lincoln County ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.6% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $111k (7.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $360k. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $477k, net assets of $2.5m. It reported 21 employees.