Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference

Analysis

Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference is a registered charity in United States, based in Richmond, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference reported income of $697k and spending of $513k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $767k to $697k (-9.2%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hospice and Home Care of Alexander County Inc ($697k), Regional Family Crisis Center ($697k) and Star Foundation Inc ($697k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $246k. At year end it held assets of $706k against liabilities of $79k, net assets of $627k. It reported 3 employees.