Desert Springs Inc

Analysis

Desert Springs Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Palm Springs, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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, Desert Springs Inc reported income of $321k and spending of $16k, leaving 95% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $62k to $321k (+415%), an average of +51% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 311%. Over the whole period it spent 6.0% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Desert Springs Inc sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 65th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Baptist Bible Hour Inc ($321k), Lamplighter Ministries Inc ($321k) and Collide ($321k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 103% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $7,640. At year end it held assets of $3.3m against liabilities of $24k, net assets of $3.3m.