Hope House of South Central Wisconsin Inc

Analysis

Hope House of South Central Wisconsin Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Baraboo, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1984, 42 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, Hope House of South Central Wisconsin Inc reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.7m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $1.8m (+23%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hope House of South Central Wisconsin Inc sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include My Own Life Foundation ($1.8m), YMCA of Southeast Missouri ($1.8m) and Loaves & Fishes of the Rio Grande Valley Inc ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $247k (15% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $911k. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $154k, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 31 employees.