Uncle Daves Housing

Analysis

Uncle Daves Housing is a registered charity in United States, based in Irvine, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 December 2023, Uncle Daves Housing reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.1m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $511k to $1.0m (+101%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Uncle Daves Housing 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 80th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blue Faery the Adrienne Wilson Liver Cancer Association ($1.0m), East Texas Gulf Coast Regional Trauma Advisory Council ($1.0m) and Ocean Housing Alliance Inc ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.5% and program service revenue 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $120k (11% of expenses). It paid $32k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $579k against liabilities of $534k, net assets of $45k. It reported 2 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.