Little Sisters of the Poor of Kansas City

Analysis

Little Sisters of the Poor of Kansas City is a registered charity in United States, based in Raytown, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1946, 80 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 December 2023, Little Sisters of the Poor of Kansas City reported income of $6.1m and spending of $8.1m, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $6.4m to $6.1m (-5.3%), an average of -1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Little Sisters of the Poor of Kansas City 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 91st percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Connections for Abused Women and Their Children ($6.1m), Youth Haven Inc ($6.1m) and Higher Horizons Day Care Center Inc ($6.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 36% and program service revenue 64% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $3.5m. At year end it held assets of $8.7m against liabilities of $548k, net assets of $8.2m. It reported 105 employees.