Simchat Shabbat

Analysis

Simchat Shabbat is a registered charity in United States, based in Irvine, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Simchat Shabbat reported income of $146k and spending of $105k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $69k to $146k (+112%), an average of +112% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 112%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Simchat Shabbat sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 49th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Good Samaritan Association of Bedford County Inc ($146k), American Jersey Cattle Club Research Foundation Fund ($146k) and Needy Basket of Southern Miami County Inc ($146k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $91k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $91k.