Crisis Center & Womens Shelter Inc

Analysis

Crisis Center & Womens Shelter Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Ottumwa, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2025. 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 2021, Crisis Center & Womens Shelter Inc reported income of $743k and spending of $691k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2019 to September 2021, income grew from $678k to $743k (+9.6%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 106%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Crisis Center & Womens Shelter Inc sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Catholic Charities Community Services Odessa Inc ($743k), Helping Hands Society of Los Angeles ($743k) and The Arc of Moore County Inc ($743k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $82k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $371k. At year end it held assets of $661k against liabilities of $176k, net assets of $485k. It reported 10 employees.