Charleston County Human Services Commission

Analysis

Charleston County Human Services Commission is a registered charity in United States, based in Charleston, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1986, 40 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 2023, Charleston County Human Services Commission reported income of $10.6m and spending of $10.4m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $7.8m to $10.6m (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Charleston County Human Services Commission sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Opportunity Foundation of Central Oregon ($10.5m), Barbara Chambers Childrens Center ($10.6m) and Age Well Inc ($10.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.8% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $2.0m. At year end it held assets of $5.5m against liabilities of $3.1m, net assets of $2.4m. It reported 64 employees.