Guardian House

Analysis

Guardian House is a registered charity in United States, based in San Antonio, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1998, 28 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 2023, Guardian House reported income of $2.8m and spending of $1.2m, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $892k to $2.8m (+211%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Guardian House sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Allied Coordinated Transportation Services Inc ($2.8m), Brazilian Worker Center Inc ($2.8m) and Coris Place ($2.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 3.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $98k (8.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $482k. At year end it held assets of $3.6m against liabilities of $346k, net assets of $3.3m. It reported 25 employees.