Friends of the Children Incorporated

Analysis

Friends of the Children Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Modesto, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1975, 51 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 June 2024, Friends of the Children Incorporated reported income of $153k and spending of $36k, leaving 76% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $9,695 to $153k (+1477%), an average of +99% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 1236%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Friends of the Children Incorporated sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 50th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hygieia Behavioral Health Foundation Inc ($153k), Family Support Network-Hope ($153k) and Breakthrough Living Program Inc ($153k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 1.1% and program service revenue 0.8% of the total. At year end it held assets of $186k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $186k.