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Shults-Lewis Child and Family Services Inc

RegisteredEIN 35-0998720Valparaiso, INPoverty relief
Income$1.7m2023-12
Spending$1.4msame year
Spent / received88%5-year average
Size in its cause81st pctPoverty relief
Exempt since1961Publicly supported organisat
Employees22latest return

Analysis

Shults-Lewis Child and Family Services Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Valparaiso, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1961, 65 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, Shults-Lewis Child and Family Services Inc reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.4m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $1.7m (+5.1%), an average of +1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Shults-Lewis Child and Family Services Inc sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Embrace Services Inc ($1.7m), Pappus House ($1.7m) and Better Angels United Inc ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% and program service revenue 12% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $266k (18% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $335k. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $72k, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 22 employees.

Income and spending

$0$450k$899k$1.3m$1.8m2019 Income: $1,624,7272019 Spending: $1,600,59620192020 Income: $1,798,0442020 Spending: $1,458,30920202021 Income: $1,571,8232021 Spending: $1,408,26120212022 Income: $1,458,1812022 Spending: $1,256,20720222023 Income: $1,706,9082023 Spending: $1,440,5272023
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Contributions & grants 76%
  • Program services 12%
  • Other 12%

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