Self-Help Closet and Pantry of Des Plaines

Analysis

Self-Help Closet and Pantry of Des Plaines is a registered charity in United States, based in Des Plaines, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1991, 35 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 June 2024, Self-Help Closet and Pantry of Des Plaines reported income of $115k and spending of $135k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to June 2024, income fell from $237k to $115k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income dropped by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Self-Help Closet and Pantry of Des Plaines sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sweet Water Farms Inc ($115k), Almost Home Dog Rescue NC ($115k) and Toms Door ($115k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% and program service revenue 13% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $29k. At year end it held assets of $358k against liabilities of $1,449, net assets of $357k. It reported 2 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.