Southern California Kendo

Analysis

Southern California Kendo is a registered charity in United States, based in Montebello, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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, Southern California Kendo reported income of $146k and spending of $210k, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $103k to $146k (+42%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Southern California Kendo sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 49th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association ($146k), Taylor Mill Eagles Youth Football ($146k) and Bismark Youth Fastpitch Softball Association ($146k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 8.8% of the total. At year end it held assets of $261k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $261k.