Temporary Shelter Inc

Analysis

Temporary Shelter Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Tustin, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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 September 2023, Temporary Shelter Inc reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.1m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $572k to $1.0m (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Temporary Shelter Inc sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brighton Housing Incorporated ($1.0m), Crystal Lake Preservation Corporation ($1.0m) and Cross-Roads to Housing Education and Community Opportunities Inc ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $357k. At year end it held assets of $340k against liabilities of $422k, net assets of -$82k. It reported 11 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.