Jewish Community Center of Orange County

Analysis

Jewish Community Center of Orange County is a registered charity in United States, based in Irvine, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Jewish Community Center of Orange County reported income of $14.3m and spending of $15.3m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $14.4m to $14.3m (-1.2%), an average of -0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Jewish Community Center of Orange County sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Catholic Charities Diocese of St Petersburg Inc ($14.2m), Sun Street Centers ($14.3m) and Houston Area Community Development Corporation ($14.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 5.4% and program service revenue 89% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $645k (4.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $6.8m. At year end it held assets of $46.1m against liabilities of $2.0m, net assets of $44.1m. It reported 374 employees.