Damascus Help Inc

Analysis

Damascus Help Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Damascus, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1991, 35 years ago. 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, Damascus Help Inc reported income of $60k and spending of $54k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $53k to $60k (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Damascus Help Inc sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 23rd percentile, and in the 25th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include PTA Colorado Congress ($60k), PTA Floridacongress of Parents and Teachers ($60k) and Sarita Lynne Ministries ($60k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. At year end it held assets of $242k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $242k.