The Arlington Life Shelter

Analysis

The Arlington Life Shelter is a registered charity in United States, based in Arlington, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1989, 37 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 December 2023, The Arlington Life Shelter reported income of $2.4m and spending of $3.6m, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $4.2m to $2.4m (-44%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Arlington Life Shelter sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Auto Workers Senior Citizens Center Inc ($2.4m), Collins Non-Profit Apartments Inc ($2.4m) and Southeast Seattle Senior Foundation ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $125k (3.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. At year end it held assets of $11.5m against liabilities of $7.7m, net assets of $3.8m. It reported 48 employees.