Saddleback College Foundation

Analysis

Saddleback College Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Mission Viejo, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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 June 2023, Saddleback College Foundation reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.0m, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $1.7m to $1.4m (-21%), an average of -5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Saddleback College Foundation sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charleston Promise Neighborhood ($1.4m), Convergence Center for Policy Resolution ($1.4m) and Hilltop Artists in Residence Program ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% and program service revenue 2.0% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $45k. At year end it held assets of $12.8m against liabilities of $133k, net assets of $12.7m.