California Dairy Research Foundation

Analysis

California Dairy Research Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Davis, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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, California Dairy Research Foundation reported income of $2.0m and spending of $2.2m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.2m to $2.0m (-7.9%), an average of -2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, California Dairy Research Foundation sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Human Rights Initiative of North Texas Inc ($2.0m), Youth & Family Counseling ($2.0m) and Lexington Foundation Inc ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $171k (7.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $229k. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $694k, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 3 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.