Womens Shelter

Analysis

Womens Shelter is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbia, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, 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 December 2023, Womens Shelter reported income of $575k and spending of $366k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $355k to $575k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Womens Shelter sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 77th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio Inc ($575k), Northern Vermont Area Health Education Center Inc ($575k) and Suburban Hospital Healthcare System Inc ($575k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 46% and program service revenue 21% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $52k (14% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $105k. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $7,163, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 8 employees.