Desert Rose Foundation

Analysis

Desert Rose Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Martinsville, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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, Desert Rose Foundation reported income of $626k and spending of $572k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $465k to $626k (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Desert Rose Foundation sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Salem Mennonite Home for the Aged ($626k), Once Upon a Dream Learning Center ($626k) and Providence House ($626k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $50k (8.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $346k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $22k, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 23 employees.