Rockside Inc

Analysis

Rockside Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Etna, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a church under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Rockside Inc reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.8m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $355k to $1.9m (+441%), an average of +52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 126%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Rockside Inc sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Hmong Family Inc ($1.9m), Metropolitan Better Living Center Inc ($1.9m) and Milwaukee Urban League ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 65% and program service revenue 15% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $68k (3.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $859k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $182k, net assets of $982k. It reported 73 employees.