US Southwestern Falun Dafa Association

Analysis

US Southwestern Falun Dafa Association is a registered charity in United States, based in El Monte, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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 December 2023, US Southwestern Falun Dafa Association reported income of $6.2m and spending of $7.0m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $83k to $6.2m (+7385%), an average of +194% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 1042%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, US Southwestern Falun Dafa Association sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kolel Torah Inc ($6.2m), Hindu Community and Cultural Center ($6.2m) and Seattle Hebrew Academy ($6.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.5% and program service revenue 97% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $1.3m, net assets of $1.1m.