Eritrean Association in Greater Seattle

Analysis

Eritrean Association in Greater Seattle is a registered charity in United States, based in Seattle, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1997, 29 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, Eritrean Association in Greater Seattle reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.5m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $401k to $1.3m (+233%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 145%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Eritrean Association in Greater Seattle 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 82nd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mid-Del Group Home Inc ($1.3m), Cumberland Valley Domestic Violence Services Inc ($1.3m) and The Ordinary People Society Inc ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $141k (9.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $476k. It paid $34k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $241k, net assets of $2.5m. It reported 33 employees.