Youth and Shelter Services Foundation Inc

Analysis

Youth and Shelter Services Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Ames, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1985, 41 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Youth and Shelter Services Foundation Inc reported income of $4.7m and spending of $2.0m, leaving 58% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $2.9m to $4.7m (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Youth and Shelter Services Foundation Inc sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Metro Community Services Inc ($4.7m), Boys & Girls Clubs of Pueblo County ($4.7m) and Community Choice ($4.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. At year end it held assets of $13.0m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $13.0m.