Society of St Vincent de Paul Baton Rouge Council

Analysis

Society of St Vincent de Paul Baton Rouge Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Baton Rouge, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2007, 19 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 September 2023, Society of St Vincent de Paul Baton Rouge Council reported income of $1.0m and spending of $995k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $731k to $1.0m (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Society of St Vincent de Paul Baton Rouge Council sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Young Mens Christian Association of Chilton County Alabama Inc ($1.0m), Family Crisis Resource Center Inc ($1.0m) and Lake Shore Child Care Center Inc ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $554k against liabilities of $5,794, net assets of $548k.