General Service Area 28

Analysis

General Service Area 28 is a registered charity in United States, based in Bangor, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2016, 10 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, General Service Area 28 reported income of $104k and spending of $110k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $68k to $104k (+53%), an average of +53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 53%. 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, General Service Area 28 sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile, and in the 31st percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Smith County Emergency Shelter for Women and Children Inc ($104k), Novaco Inc ($104k) and Active4youth ($104k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 35% and program service revenue 65% of the total. At year end it held assets of $29k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $29k.