Life Skills San Diego

Analysis

Life Skills San Diego is a registered charity in United States, based in San Diego, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2018, 8 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 December 2023, Life Skills San Diego reported income of $224k and spending of $228k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income fell from $355k to $224k (-37%), an average of -8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2019, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Life Skills San Diego sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Refuge Youth Network Inc ($224k), Poor Roberts Mission ($224k) and Farmworkers Self-Help Inc ($224k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $63k (28% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $34k. At year end it held assets of $38k against liabilities of $4,351, net assets of $33k. It reported 11 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.