Direct Relief Foundation

Analysis

Direct Relief Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Barbara, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Direct Relief Foundation reported income of $10.7m and spending of $3.4m, leaving 68% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $21.7m to $10.7m (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 526%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Direct Relief Foundation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Interval House ($10.7m), Hope House for the Multiple- Handicapped Inc ($10.7m) and Capital Area Community Action Agency Inc ($10.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 68% of the total. At year end it held assets of $77.2m against liabilities of $5.1m, net assets of $72.0m.