Ananda Valley Farm

Analysis

Ananda Valley Farm is a registered charity in United States, based in Palo Alto, 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Ananda Valley Farm reported income of $167k and spending of $130k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $86k to $167k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ananda Valley Farm sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Little Miss Muffet Daycare ($167k), Highway 69 Mission ($167k) and Rochester Accessible Adventures ($167k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 8.5% and program service revenue 43% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $21k. At year end it held assets of $399k against liabilities of $22k, net assets of $377k. It reported 2 employees.