Senior Advocates of the Desert

Analysis

Senior Advocates of the Desert is a registered charity in United States, based in Rancho Mirage, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2012, 14 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, Senior Advocates of the Desert reported income of $68k and spending of $61k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $66k to $68k (+4.1%), an average of +4.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Senior Advocates of the Desert sits at the 24th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 27th percentile, and in the 29th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wawos ($68k), Ruths Harvest Gettysburg ($68k) and Potomac Highlands Food and Farm Initiative Inc ($68k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $175k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $175k.