Respite Care of Charleston

Analysis

Respite Care of Charleston is a registered charity in United States, based in Charleston, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2011, 15 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, Respite Care of Charleston reported income of $366k and spending of $300k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $280k to $366k (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Respite Care of Charleston sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pines of Sarasota Inc ($366k), Hope Community Collective ($366k) and Lasting Smiles Uganda ($366k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 60% and program service revenue 32% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $87k (29% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $95k. At year end it held assets of $374k against liabilities of $9,205, net assets of $365k.