Desert Sol Inc

Analysis

Desert Sol Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Phoenix, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Desert Sol Inc reported income of $82k and spending of $160k, spending 195% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $87k to $82k (-5.0%), an average of -1.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 165% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Desert Sol Inc sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile, and in the 29th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tri-Cities Ministries ($82k), Shadow Equestrian Inc ($82k) and Cricket Hill Academy for Horsemanship Inc ($82k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 98% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $4,269. At year end it held assets of $986k against liabilities of $153k, net assets of $832k.

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.