Cherokee Etowah Dekalb County Fellowship House Inc

Analysis

Cherokee Etowah Dekalb County Fellowship House Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Gadsden, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1977, 49 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 September 2023, Cherokee Etowah Dekalb County Fellowship House Inc reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.2m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $977k to $1.4m (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cherokee Etowah Dekalb County Fellowship House Inc sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 86th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Roots & Wings Foundation a New Jersey Non Profit Corporation ($1.4m), Shirley Eves Developmental and Therapeutic Center Inc ($1.4m) and Smoky Mountain Service Dogs ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% and program service revenue 12% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $383k. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $75k, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 10 employees.