Bethlehem Center

Analysis

Bethlehem Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Spartanburg, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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 December 2022, Bethlehem Center reported income of $1.0m and spending of $766k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $394k to $1.0m (+161%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bethlehem Center sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Family Connection of Columbia County Inc ($1.0m), Growing Season-Illinois Inc ($1.0m) and Wesleyan Youth Inc ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% and program service revenue 9.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $70k (9.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $310k. At year end it held assets of $916k against liabilities of $58k, net assets of $858k. It reported 26 employees.