Mercy Support Services

Analysis

Mercy Support Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Middleburg, FL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2012, 14 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, Mercy Support Services reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.2m, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $395k to $1.5m (+277%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 374%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Mercy Support Services sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 85th percentile within FL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include California Community Action Partnership Association ($1.5m), Dakota County Agricultural Society ($1.5m) and Springhaven Inc ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% and program service revenue 10% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $71k (6.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $333k. At year end it held assets of $3.3m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $2.2m. It reported 12 employees.