Thrift Shop at Fort Rucker

Analysis

Thrift Shop at Fort Rucker is a registered charity in United States, based in Fort Rucker, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2022, Thrift Shop at Fort Rucker reported income of $210k and spending of $192k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $237k to $210k (-11%), an average of -3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Thrift Shop at Fort Rucker sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ready Set Prep Early Learning Center Inc ($210k), Mend on the Move ($210k) and Friends of Larche Inc ($210k).

Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $31k (16% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $59k. At year end it held assets of $114k against liabilities of $2,575, net assets of $111k. It reported 12 employees.