Karen Organization of San Diego

Analysis

Karen Organization of San Diego is a registered charity in United States, based in San Diego, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, Karen Organization of San Diego reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.7m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $286k to $1.7m (+478%), an average of +55% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Karen Organization of San Diego sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include A Reason to Survive ($1.7m), Locust Projects Inc ($1.7m) and New London Barn Playhouse Inc ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 1.5% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $74k (4.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $651k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $205k, net assets of $875k. It reported 16 employees.