STS Francis and Alphonsus

Analysis

STS Francis and Alphonsus is a registered charity in United States, based in Kansas City, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2003, 23 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 August 2023, STS Francis and Alphonsus reported income of $337k and spending of $455k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from August 2018 to August 2023, income grew from $222k to $337k (+52%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2019, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, STS Francis and Alphonsus sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 61st percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Middleton Food Pantry ($337k), Tonys Place ($337k) and Wiregrass Childrens Home ($337k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $124k. It paid $12k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $545k against liabilities of $33k, net assets of $512k. It reported 20 employees.