Gwinnett Childrens Shelter Inc

Analysis

Gwinnett Childrens Shelter Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Buford, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 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 June 2023, Gwinnett Childrens Shelter Inc reported income of $2.1m and spending of $1.6m, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.1m to $2.1m (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Gwinnett Childrens Shelter Inc sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The City Lights Foundation of Oklahoma ($2.1m), Abraham in Motion Inc ($2.1m) and On the Rise Inc ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $619k. It paid $169k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $4.2m against liabilities of $19k, net assets of $4.2m. It reported 16 employees.