Caring Cetera

Analysis

Caring Cetera is a registered charity in United States, based in El Segundo, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. 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, Caring Cetera reported income of $588k and spending of $508k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $316k to $588k (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 399%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Caring Cetera sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 74th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Electrical Safety Foundation International Inc ($587k), All It Takes ($588k) and Merrick Hook and Ladder Co No 1 ($586k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $277k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $277k.