Sunshine Social Services Inc

Analysis

Sunshine Social Services Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Los Angeles, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 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 December 2023, Sunshine Social Services Inc reported income of $3.2m and spending of $3.6m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.5m to $3.2m (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sunshine Social Services Inc sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Centro Hispano Daniel Torres Inc ($3.2m), Through These Doors ($3.2m) and Nathan Adelson Hospice Foundation Inc ($3.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $629k (17% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.5m. At year end it held assets of $469k against liabilities of $574k, net assets of -$105k. It reported 43 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.