Shoulder to Shoulder

Analysis

Shoulder to Shoulder is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Paul, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2007, 19 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, Shoulder to Shoulder reported income of $85k and spending of $83k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $182k to $85k (-53%), an average of -53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Shoulder to Shoulder sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile, and in the 30th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stella Wells Christmas Baskets Inc ($85k), Voices of Victims ($85k) and Grace Resurrection Association for Christian Endeavors Inc ($85k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $196k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $196k.