Desert Waters Correctional Outreach

Analysis

Desert Waters Correctional Outreach is a registered charity in United States, based in Florence, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2003, 23 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, Desert Waters Correctional Outreach reported income of $263k and spending of $340k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $344k to $263k (-23%), an average of -6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 184%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Desert Waters Correctional Outreach sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include My Bag My Story ($263k), Michigan Elks Association Major Project Commission ($263k) and Westlawn Youth Network ($263k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 29% and program service revenue 62% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $214k. At year end it held assets of $22k against liabilities of $7,711, net assets of $15k. It reported 14 employees.