Up on Top

Analysis

Up on Top is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Up on Top reported income of $1.6m and spending of $648k, leaving 61% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $347k to $1.6m (+375%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 209%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Up on Top sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Safe Avenues ($1.6m), Chaim Lechag Inc ($1.6m) and North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $156k (24% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $259k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $41k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 27 employees.