Assistance League of Denver

Analysis

Assistance League of Denver is a registered charity in United States, based in Denver, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1959, 67 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 May 2024, Assistance League of Denver reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.3m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2020 to May 2024, income grew from $719k to $1.4m (+94%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2024, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Assistance League of Denver sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lutheran Services in Iowa Charitable Foundation Inc ($1.4m), Gendercool Project ($1.4m) and Open Arms Adoptions Inc ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $36k. At year end it held assets of $5.4m against liabilities of $402k, net assets of $5.0m.