Cherished High Desert Inc

Analysis

Cherished High Desert Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Lancaster, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Cherished High Desert Inc reported income of $140k and spending of $136k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $183k to $140k (-24%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cherished High Desert Inc sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 48th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Upbuild Foundation ($140k), Hopes Landing ($140k) and Treasure Coast Girls Coalition Inc ($140k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $14k against liabilities of $1,381, net assets of $12k.