Knights of Pythias Care Center

Analysis

Knights of Pythias Care Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Vancouver, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2025. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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 2020, Knights of Pythias Care Center reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.7m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2020, income fell from $1.6m to $1.6m (-0.5%), an average of -0.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Knights of Pythias Care Center 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 84th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Encino Development and Management Inc ($1.6m), Inter-Cooperative Council at University of Texas Inc ($1.6m) and Los Sures Sip Housing Development Fund Corporation ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2020, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $106k (6.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $546k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $6.1m, net assets of -$4.5m. It reported 30 employees.