Dove House Advocacy Services

Analysis

Dove House Advocacy Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Port Townsend, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1983, 43 years ago. 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 June 2023, Dove House Advocacy Services reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.5m, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $917k to $1.9m (+102%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Dove House Advocacy Services sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program Inc ($1.9m), Habitat for Humanity International Inc ($1.9m) and Community Ministry of Southwest Denver ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 2.5% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $714k. At year end it held assets of $4.6m against liabilities of $1.4m, net assets of $3.2m. It reported 18 employees.