Saltbox House

Analysis

Saltbox House is a registered charity in United States, based in Lancaster, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Saltbox House reported income of $121k and spending of $57k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $87k to $121k (+39%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Saltbox House sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 40th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Scfsha Charitable Organization ($121k), Amherst Community Foundation ($121k) and Espas Kreyol ($121k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $195k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $195k.