Sheltering Arms Hospital

Analysis

Sheltering Arms Hospital is a registered charity in United States, based in Mechanicsvlle, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1941, 85 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 September 2023, Sheltering Arms Hospital reported income of $5.7m and spending of $1.4m, leaving 76% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $43.8m to $5.7m (-87%), an average of -40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income dropped by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sheltering Arms Hospital sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Healthhiv ($5.7m), Lee County Cooperative Clinic ($5.7m) and Scoa Cares Inc ($5.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% and program service revenue 13% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $676k (49% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $140k. At year end it held assets of $4.1m against liabilities of $1.9m, net assets of $2.2m. It reported 269 employees.