Dow Rummel Village

Analysis

Dow Rummel Village is a registered charity in United States, based in Sioux Falls, SD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1968, 58 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 April 2023, Dow Rummel Village reported income of $22.5m and spending of $24.7m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from April 2020 to April 2023, income grew from $18.5m to $22.5m (+22%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2021, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Dow Rummel Village sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within SD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Don Services Inc ($22.5m), Timothy Place NFP ($22.5m) and National Domestic Violence Hotline ($22.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending April 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.7% and program service revenue 94% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $409k (1.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $10.6m. At year end it held assets of $69.9m against liabilities of $63.0m, net assets of $6.9m. It reported 381 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.