Golf Fore Life Skills

Analysis

Golf Fore Life Skills is a registered charity in United States, based in Anaheim, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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, Golf Fore Life Skills reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.1m, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $643k to $1.3m (+99%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 264%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Golf Fore Life Skills sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thrive Chicago NFP ($1.3m), Childrens Home of Cleveland County Inc ($1.3m) and Minnesota Elder Justice Center ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 61% and program service revenue 22% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $181k (17% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $480k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $203k, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 26 employees.