East Texas Support Services Inc

Analysis

East Texas Support Services Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Jasper, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1985, 41 years ago. 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, East Texas Support Services Inc reported income of $2.5m and spending of $3.9m, spending 156% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $4.8m to $2.5m (-49%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 211% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, East Texas Support Services Inc sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% 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 Helping Alaska ($2.5m), Guardian Revival Inc ($2.5m) and The Family Radio Network Inc ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 93% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $346k (9.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $5.7m against liabilities of $237k, net assets of $5.5m. It reported 85 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.