First Step House of Orange County Inc

Analysis

First Step House of Orange County Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Costa Mesa, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1976, 50 years ago. 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, First Step House of Orange County Inc reported income of $233k and spending of $356k, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $343k to $233k (-32%), an average of -9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, First Step House of Orange County Inc sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include James L Nuckolls Fund for the Education of the Lighting ($233k), Boy Scouts of America ($233k) and Disabilities Services Inc ($233k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 43% and program service revenue 58% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $97k. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $6,925, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 8 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.