Court Appointed Special Advocates of Sacramento County

Analysis

Court Appointed Special Advocates of Sacramento County is a registered charity in United States, based in Sacramento, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover civil rights, social action and advocacy, which this site groups under human rights and equality. 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, Court Appointed Special Advocates of Sacramento County reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.4m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.0m to $1.4m (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Court Appointed Special Advocates of Sacramento County sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 84th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Somos Siembra ($1.4m), March for Our Lives Foundation ($1.4m) and City Impact Inc ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $129k (9.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $759k. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $449k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 16 employees.