Sheltering Arms Foundation

Analysis

Sheltering Arms Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Mechanicsvlle, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2023, 3 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Sheltering Arms Foundation reported income of $1.9m and spending of $2.8m, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $13.7m to $1.9m (-86%), an average of -39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 130%. Over the whole period it spent 143% 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 Foundation sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Easy Does It Emergency Services Program ($1.9m), Arizona Community Health Workers Association Inc ($1.9m) and Pioneer Counseling Services ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $951k. At year end it held assets of $178.0m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $178.0m.