Sparrow Project

Analysis

Sparrow Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Vallejo, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2005, 21 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, Sparrow Project reported income of $51k and spending of $54k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $76k to $51k (-32%), an average of -32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sparrow Project sits at the 18th percentile: it is larger than about 18% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 22nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greenfield Walking Group ($51k), We Remember You Inc ($51k) and Metropolitan Washington DC Trial Lawyers Foundation ($51k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $30k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $30k.