Sheltered Living Inc

Analysis

Sheltered Living Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Topeka, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1972, 54 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, Sheltered Living Inc reported income of $8.4m and spending of $8.4m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $7.5m to $8.4m (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sheltered Living Inc sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Support Services Inc ($8.4m), Jewish Family Service of Silicon Valley ($8.4m) and Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans ($8.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 5.3% and program service revenue 93% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $791k (9.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $4.2m. At year end it held assets of $6.4m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $5.3m. It reported 168 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.