Give Someone a Chance

Analysis

Give Someone a Chance is a registered charity in United States, based in Jamestown, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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 June 2023, Give Someone a Chance reported income of $83k and spending of $77k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2023, income fell from $157k to $83k (-47%), an average of -47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Give Someone a Chance sits at the 19th percentile: it is larger than about 18% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile, and in the 34th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greenstone Assisted Living ($83k), Mother Hubbard Sober Living II ($83k) and Community Alliance Housing Corporation VII ($83k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 109% of the total. At year end it held assets of $141k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $141k.