Santas Volunteers

Analysis

Santas Volunteers is a registered charity in United States, based in Aurora, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1965, 61 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 December 2023, Santas Volunteers reported income of $130k and spending of $131k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $181k to $130k (-28%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Santas Volunteers sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Market Foundation ($130k), Throw Back Thrift ($130k) and Foundation for Food and Farm Connections ($130k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $57k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $57k.