California Lion Friends in Sight

Analysis

California Lion Friends in Sight is a registered charity in United States, based in Beaumont, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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 June 2024, California Lion Friends in Sight reported income of $126k and spending of $54k, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2024, income grew from $59k to $126k (+112%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 130%. Over the whole period it spent 39% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, California Lion Friends in Sight sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 45th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Children of Persia Inc ($126k), Twelve12hope ($126k) and The William Wilberforce Center for Justice and Human Rights Inc ($126k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $383k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $383k.