Valley Outreach

Analysis

Valley Outreach is a registered charity in United States, based in Stillwater, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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 September 2023, Valley Outreach reported income of $4.4m and spending of $4.2m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $3.8m to $4.4m (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Valley Outreach sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 91st percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fellowship Adventures Opportunities ($4.4m), Blair County Community Action Program ($4.4m) and Open Arms Perinatal Services ($4.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $114k (2.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $927k. It paid $22k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $4.0m against liabilities of $233k, net assets of $3.8m. It reported 21 employees.