South County Outreach

Analysis

South County Outreach is a registered charity in United States, based in Irvine, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1993, 33 years ago. 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, South County Outreach reported income of $6.2m and spending of $5.7m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.1m to $6.2m (+100%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, South County Outreach sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Androscoggin Head Start & Child Care ($6.2m), City Colleges of Chicago Foundation ($6.2m) and Commercial Club Foundation ($6.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 3.6% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $184k (3.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.3m. At year end it held assets of $5.2m against liabilities of $2.2m, net assets of $3.1m. It reported 30 employees.