Bethlehem Emergency Sheltering Inc

Analysis

Bethlehem Emergency Sheltering Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bethlehem, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2013, 13 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, Bethlehem Emergency Sheltering Inc reported income of $395k and spending of $402k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $297k to $395k (+33%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bethlehem Emergency Sheltering Inc sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fishers Farm ($394k), Albiston Foundation ($395k) and Manasota District Council St Vincent de Paul Society Inc ($394k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $67k (17% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $156k. It paid $11k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $179k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $179k. It reported 21 employees.