House of Refuge for Battered and Abused Women

Analysis

House of Refuge for Battered and Abused Women is a registered charity in United States, based in Sikeston, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2000, 26 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, House of Refuge for Battered and Abused Women reported income of $374k and spending of $381k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $258k to $374k (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, House of Refuge for Battered and Abused Women sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include By Grace Trust ($374k), Community Food Cupboard of Rochester Inc ($374k) and New 2 You Family Thrift Inc ($374k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $249k. At year end it held assets of $642k against liabilities of $16k, net assets of $626k. It reported 17 employees.