Community Life Services

Analysis

Community Life Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Cruz, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2013, 13 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 2023, Community Life Services reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.5m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.1m to $1.6m (+43%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Life Services 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 Brown County Community YMCA Inc ($1.6m), Debbies Dream Foundation Inc ($1.6m) and Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.3% and program service revenue 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $113k (7.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.0m. At year end it held assets of $362k against liabilities of $109k, net assets of $254k. It reported 32 employees.