West River Transit Authority Inc

Analysis

West River Transit Authority Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Spearfish, SD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2002, 24 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 September 2023, West River Transit Authority Inc reported income of $3.4m and spending of $3.2m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $3.3m to $3.4m (+3.9%), an average of +1.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, West River Transit Authority Inc sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within SD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Choices Are for Everyone Inc ($3.4m), Chai 4ever Inc ($3.5m) and Violence Prevention Center of Southwestern Illinois ($3.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 58% and program service revenue 36% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $132k (4.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.5m. At year end it held assets of $9.6m against liabilities of $275k, net assets of $9.3m. It reported 106 employees.