Sisterhouse

Analysis

Sisterhouse is a registered charity in United States, based in Oak Park, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 December 2023, Sisterhouse reported income of $462k and spending of $543k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $411k to $462k (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 27%. 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, Sisterhouse sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Childrens Advocacy Center of Erie County Inc ($462k), A Touch of Understanding Inc ($462k) and Adams County Emergency Food Bank ($462k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% and program service revenue 2.9% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $72k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $158k. At year end it held assets of $870k against liabilities of $337k, net assets of $533k. It reported 10 employees.