Fort Smith Childrens Emergency Shelter Foundation

Analysis

Fort Smith Childrens Emergency Shelter Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Fort Smith, AR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Fort Smith Childrens Emergency Shelter Foundation reported income of $542k and spending of $363k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $854k to $542k (-36%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Fort Smith Childrens Emergency Shelter Foundation sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within AR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Washington Street Community Center ($542k), Meals on Wheels of Central Alabama ($543k) and Lifes Plan Inc ($542k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 125% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $48k. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $14k, net assets of $2.6m.