Fresh Start Refugee Assistance Center

Analysis

Fresh Start Refugee Assistance Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Springfield, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2021, 5 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 September 2023, Fresh Start Refugee Assistance Center reported income of $233k and spending of $206k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from September 2022 to September 2023, income fell from $342k to $233k (-32%), an average of -32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Fresh Start Refugee Assistance Center sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include E F E P Corp ($233k), Marys Helping Hands ($233k) and Jefferson Street Center Inc ($233k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $105k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $105k.