Gathering Tree

Analysis

Gathering Tree is a registered charity in United States, based in Springfield, MO. 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, Gathering Tree reported income of $3.2m and spending of $1.8m, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $830k to $3.2m (+281%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 302%. Over the whole period it spent 57% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Gathering Tree sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rsa Foundation ($3.2m), Harney County Senior and Community Services Center ($3.2m) and The Solutions Center Inc ($3.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 5.8% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $301k. At year end it held assets of $7.1m against liabilities of $297k, net assets of $6.8m. It reported 12 employees.