Dorcas Circle

Analysis

Dorcas Circle is a registered charity in United States, based in Walsenburg, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2001, 25 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 December 2023, Dorcas Circle reported income of $97k and spending of $72k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $274k to $97k (-65%), an average of -64% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 28% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Dorcas Circle sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile, and in the 32nd percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hawaii Tax Help and Financial Empowerment Solutions ($97k), Three Rivers House of Prayer ($97k) and Rockin Baker Academy ($97k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% and program service revenue 14% of the total. At year end it held assets of $312k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $312k.