Oakland Communities United for Equity and Justice

Analysis

Oakland Communities United for Equity and Justice is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2018, 8 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, Oakland Communities United for Equity and Justice reported income of $160k and spending of $138k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $270k to $160k (-41%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Oakland Communities United for Equity and Justice sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 51st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lightbridge Hospice Community Foundation ($160k), Uptown Farmers Market ($160k) and The Advocacy Center ($160k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $49k against liabilities of $300, net assets of $48k.