Emporia Rescue Mission Inc

Analysis

Emporia Rescue Mission Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Emporia, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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, Emporia Rescue Mission Inc reported income of $196k and spending of $309k, spending 157% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $318k to $196k (-38%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 141%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Emporia Rescue Mission Inc sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greater Northfield Senior Citizens Inc ($196k), The Freedom Cafe ($196k) and Suffolk Christian Fellowship Center ($196k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $22k (7.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $28k. At year end it held assets of $801k against liabilities of $957, net assets of $800k. It reported 6 employees.