American Friends of Shanti House Inc

Analysis

American Friends of Shanti House Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Agoura Hills, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, American Friends of Shanti House Inc reported income of $576k and spending of $849k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.5m to $576k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, American Friends of Shanti House Inc sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 74th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Way of Meriden and Wallingford Inc ($576k), Friends of Big Bend National Park ($577k) and Cristian Rivera Foundation ($576k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $80k (9.4% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $59k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $59k. It reported 1 employees.