Desert States Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Desert States Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Phoenix, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Desert States Charitable Foundation reported income of $515k and spending of $372k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $404k to $515k (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Desert States Charitable Foundation sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 68th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mesquite Isd Education Foundation Inc ($515k), Earthshare Chapters Inc ($515k) and John 14-2 Foundation ($515k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 64% of the total. At year end it held assets of $845k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $845k.