United Methodist Childrens Home

Analysis

United Methodist Childrens Home is a registered charity in United States, based in Montgomery, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1961, 65 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, United Methodist Childrens Home reported income of $6.0m and spending of $8.8m, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $14.1m to $6.0m (-58%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, United Methodist Childrens Home sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 95th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fund for the Aged Inc ($6.0m), Partnerships for People Inc ($6.0m) and The Boston Foundation for Sight ($6.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 64% and program service revenue 31% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $4.1m. At year end it held assets of $10.9m against liabilities of $1.9m, net assets of $9.0m. It reported 115 employees.