Friends of Gardner

Analysis

Friends of Gardner is a registered charity in United States, based in Los Angeles, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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 July 2024, Friends of Gardner reported income of $124k and spending of $101k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from July 2022 to July 2024, income fell from $220k to $124k (-43%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Friends of Gardner sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 44% 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 Plymouth Christian Schools Foundation ($124k), Sweetwater County Library Foundation Inc ($124k) and Arlington Rotary Foundation Inc ($124k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 53% of the total. At year end it held assets of $299k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $299k.