New Directions for Women Foundation

Analysis

New Directions for Women Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Costa Mesa, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 March 2023, New Directions for Women Foundation reported income of $527k and spending of $1.8m, spending 350% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2019 to March 2023, income fell from $2.6m to $527k (-80%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 198%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, New Directions for Women Foundation sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Womens Life Care Center ($527k), Allen Medical Center Medical Office Building ($527k) and Veterans Memorial Ambulance Service ($526k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $4,387. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $48k, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 1 employees.