Focus on Residential Services

Analysis

Focus on Residential Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 June 2023, Focus on Residential Services reported income of $3.3m and spending of $4.0m, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $3.3m to $3.3m (+1.7%), an average of +0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Focus on Residential Services sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alliance on Aging Inc ($3.3m), Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County ($3.3m) and Transitions of Pa ($3.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.1% and program service revenue 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $97k (2.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.0m. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $281k, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 60 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.