Orchid House Inc

Analysis

Orchid House Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Louisville, KY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2018, 8 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, Orchid House Inc reported income of $2.0m and spending of $1.9m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $731k to $2.0m (+172%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Orchid House Inc sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within KY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Epiphany Community Health Outreach Services ($2.0m), Martin Luther King Jr Family Services Inc ($2.0m) and World Service Enterprise Organization NSP ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 6.2% and program service revenue 94% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $172k (9.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $271k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $271k. It reported 69 employees.