Sabala International Center

Analysis

Sabala International Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Tacoma, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2017, 9 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Sabala International Center reported income of $534k and spending of $509k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $229k to $534k (+133%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Sabala International Center sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 70th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tiny Pine Foundation ($534k), Goler Place Inc ($534k) and Palatine Manor Housing Development Fund Corp ($533k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 16% and program service revenue 84% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $45k (8.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $40k. It paid $1,200 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $1.8m, net assets of $51k. It reported 4 employees.