Serving People in Need Inc

Analysis

Serving People in Need Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Costa Mesa, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1994, 32 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, Serving People in Need Inc reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.7m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $1.6m (+6.0%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Serving People in Need Inc sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northfield Area Family YMCA ($1.6m), McCormick County Senior Center ($1.6m) and Elmira a F C Home ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $377k. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $218k, net assets of $832k. It reported 9 employees.