Shower the People

Analysis

Shower the People is a registered charity in United States, based in Nashville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2017, 9 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, Shower the People reported income of $182k and spending of $165k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $220k to $182k (-17%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Shower the People sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope Mountain Foundation ($182k), Village Hope Partnership Inc ($182k) and Brittany Pointe Estates Residents Associations ($182k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $43k (26% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $8,588. At year end it held assets of $234k against liabilities of $820, net assets of $233k. It reported 3 employees.