South Suburban Pads

Analysis

South Suburban Pads is a registered charity in United States, based in Homewood, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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 2023, South Suburban Pads reported income of $6.5m and spending of $5.9m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $2.7m to $6.5m (+143%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, South Suburban Pads sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sojourner Center ($6.5m), New England Kurn Hattin Homes ($6.5m) and Willow Domestic Violence Center of Greater Rochester Inc ($6.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 1.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.5m. It paid $14k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $5.8m against liabilities of $328k, net assets of $5.5m. It reported 36 employees.