The Oasis Institute

Analysis

The Oasis Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2001, 25 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 2022, The Oasis Institute reported income of $6.7m and spending of $7.5m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $3.0m to $6.7m (+127%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Oasis Institute sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Second Helpings ($6.7m), Corvilla Inc ($6.7m) and Centering Healthcare Institute Inc ($6.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% and program service revenue 1.7% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $312k (4.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.0m. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $2.5m, net assets of -$341k. It reported 40 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.