Friends of the Astoria Armory

Analysis

Friends of the Astoria Armory is a registered charity in United States, based in Seaside, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2015, 11 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 December 2023, Friends of the Astoria Armory reported income of $137k and spending of $117k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $134k to $137k (+2.4%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 97%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Friends of the Astoria Armory sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Western Kenosha Senior Citizens Council Inc ($137k), Grandmas Love Inc ($137k) and North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals Incorporated ($137k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.3% and program service revenue 55% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $11k. At year end it held assets of $716k against liabilities of $585k, net assets of $130k. It reported 2 employees.