Service First of Northern California

Analysis

Service First of Northern California is a registered charity in United States, based in Stockton, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1996, 30 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 December 2023, Service First of Northern California reported income of $7.3m and spending of $7.6m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $5.2m to $7.3m (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Service First of Northern California sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Childsafe ($7.3m), Sunflower Diversified Services Inc ($7.3m) and Everyone Home DC ($7.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.9% and program service revenue 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $344k (4.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.9m. At year end it held assets of $9.6m against liabilities of $11.2m, net assets of -$1.6m. It reported 126 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.