Solutions for Urban Agriculture

Analysis

Solutions for Urban Agriculture is a registered charity in United States, based in Irvine, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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, Solutions for Urban Agriculture reported income of $476k and spending of $311k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $228k to $476k (+109%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Solutions for Urban Agriculture sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 71st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Teachers Desk Inc ($476k), Adaptive Communities Inc ($476k) and Mission Project Inc ($476k).

Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $36k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $137k. At year end it held assets of $340k against liabilities of $750, net assets of $339k. It reported 13 employees.