The Dale County Rescue Mission

Analysis

The Dale County Rescue Mission is a registered charity in United States, based in Ozark, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1988, 38 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, The Dale County Rescue Mission reported income of $394k and spending of $406k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $306k to $394k (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Dale County Rescue Mission sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Douglas Braxton Inc ($394k), Wakway Inc ($394k) and Legacy Farms ($394k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $57k. At year end it held assets of $918k against liabilities of $907k, net assets of $11k. It reported 5 employees.