Eastern Star Home of Macon

Analysis

Eastern Star Home of Macon is a registered charity in United States, based in Macon, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1956, 70 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending July 2024, Eastern Star Home of Macon reported income of $4.8m and spending of $5.5m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2020 to July 2024, income grew from $4.6m to $4.8m (+3.3%), an average of +0.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Eastern Star Home of Macon sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Baptist Health Ambulatory Services Inc ($4.8m), Mercy Medical Angels ($4.8m) and Visiting Nurse Association Foundaton Inc ($4.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% and program service revenue 23% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $2.6m. At year end it held assets of $13.3m against liabilities of $9.8m, net assets of $3.6m. It reported 97 employees.

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.