Simple Room

Analysis

Simple Room is a registered charity in United States, based in Greenville, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1983, 43 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, Simple Room reported income of $182k and spending of $222k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $394k to $182k (-54%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Simple Room sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nurturepa Inc ($182k), Hands of a Friend Manos Amigas Inc ($182k) and Friendship Foundation of American-Vietnamese Inc ($182k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 102% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $129k. At year end it held assets of $936k against liabilities of $4,678, net assets of $931k. It reported 26 employees.