District Alliance for Safe Housing Inc

Analysis

District Alliance for Safe Housing Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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, District Alliance for Safe Housing Inc reported income of $12.1m and spending of $7.9m, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $6.5m to $12.1m (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, District Alliance for Safe Housing Inc sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Living Independently Forever Inc ($12.1m), Wealth Watchers Inc ($12.2m) and Harborlight Community Partners ($12.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.7% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $244k (3.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.9m. It paid $98k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $13.3m against liabilities of $6.3m, net assets of $7.0m. It reported 53 employees.