Bluffton Self Help Inc

Analysis

Bluffton Self Help Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bluffton, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1989, 37 years ago. 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, Bluffton Self Help Inc reported income of $3.4m and spending of $3.1m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.8m to $3.4m (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Bluffton Self Help Inc sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include San Mar Childrens Home Inc ($3.4m), Chatham Outreach Alliance Inc ($3.4m) and Idaho Primary Care Association ($3.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% and program service revenue 0.3% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. At year end it held assets of $5.0m against liabilities of $290k, net assets of $4.7m. It reported 27 employees.