TLC Child & Family Services

Analysis

TLC Child & Family Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Sebastopol, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1984, 42 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, TLC Child & Family Services reported income of $13.2m and spending of $11.1m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $8.9m to $13.2m (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, TLC Child & Family Services sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mennonite Friendship Communities Inc ($13.2m), Community Living Care Inc ($13.2m) and Edgewood Summit Inc ($13.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 7.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $377k (3.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $5.4m. At year end it held assets of $12.4m against liabilities of $2.8m, net assets of $9.6m. It reported 127 employees.