The Methodist Oaks

Analysis

The Methodist Oaks is a registered charity in United States, based in Orangeburg, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1967, 59 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 September 2024, The Methodist Oaks reported income of $161k and spending of $128k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2024, income fell from $19.2m to $161k (-99%), an average of -62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Methodist Oaks sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Our Daily Bread Kitchen Inc ($161k), Extended Family ($161k) and Housing and Opportunity Foundation of Kern ($161k).

At year end it held assets of $313k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $313k.