Building Opportunities for Self - Sufficiency

Analysis

Building Opportunities for Self - Sufficiency is a registered charity in United States, based in Berkeley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1975, 51 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, Building Opportunities for Self - Sufficiency reported income of $18.4m and spending of $17.9m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $8.1m to $18.4m (+128%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Building Opportunities for Self - Sufficiency sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Good Shepherd Village at Endwellinc ($18.3m), Peoples City Mission ($18.4m) and Union Labor Retirement Association ($18.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 0.4% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $399k (2.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $7.8m. At year end it held assets of $11.3m against liabilities of $10.2m, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 195 employees.