Refugee Connections Spokane

Analysis

Refugee Connections Spokane is a registered charity in United States, based in Spokane, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2011, 15 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, Refugee Connections Spokane reported income of $429k and spending of $594k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $322k to $429k (+33%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Refugee Connections Spokane sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kids Business Inc ($429k), Family Promise of Fulton County ($429k) and Big Lake Community Food Shelf ($429k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $369k. At year end it held assets of $398k against liabilities of $11k, net assets of $386k. It reported 24 employees.