El Pozo de Vida

Analysis

El Pozo de Vida is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Ana, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, El Pozo de Vida reported income of $1.0m and spending of $845k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $474k to $1.0m (+116%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, El Pozo de Vida 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 79th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kingdom Trust ($1.0m), Mayas Hope Foundation Inc ($1.0m) and Greene County Foundation Inc ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 1.8% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $65k (7.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $427. At year end it held assets of $565k against liabilities of $2,145, net assets of $563k.