San Diego Falun Dafa Association

Analysis

San Diego Falun Dafa Association is a registered charity in United States, based in San Diego, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2009, 17 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 June 2022, San Diego Falun Dafa Association reported income of $2.6m and spending of $1.7m, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2022, income grew from $1.5m to $2.6m (+76%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 6519140%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, San Diego Falun Dafa Association sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Laurel Advocacy and Referral Services Inc ($2.6m), A New Leaf Inc ($2.6m) and Morris County Organization for Hispanic Affairs Inc ($2.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 50% and program service revenue 50% of the total. At year end it held assets of $977k against liabilities of $94k, net assets of $883k.