Potters House Family Service Center

Analysis

Potters House Family Service Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2000, 26 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, Potters House Family Service Center reported income of $688k and spending of $532k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $566k to $688k (+21%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 170%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Potters House Family Service Center sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Village Treasure House ($688k), Batya Girls Inc ($688k) and Henry & William Evans Home Inc ($687k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% and program service revenue 9.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $133k (25% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $264k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.6m. It reported 34 employees.