Human Needs Project Inc

Analysis

Human Needs Project Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in San Rafael, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2012, 14 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, Human Needs Project Inc reported income of $831k and spending of $492k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $618k to $831k (+34%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Human Needs Project Inc sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Show Me Opportunity ($831k), Icna Dallas ($831k) and Hope Healthy Outcomes for Personal Enrichment Counseling Center ($831k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 0.4% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $110k. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $48k, net assets of $1.4m.