Shoulder 2 Shoulder

Analysis

Shoulder 2 Shoulder is a registered charity in United States, based in Ankeny, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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, Shoulder 2 Shoulder reported income of $354k and spending of $281k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $98k to $354k (+261%), an average of +90% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Shoulder 2 Shoulder 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 65th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kind at Heart Ministries Inc ($354k), St John the Baptist Conference Folsom Society of St Vincent Depau ($354k) and Educare Arizona ($354k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $96k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $96k.