Waking the Village

Analysis

Waking the Village is a registered charity in United States, based in Sacramento, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. 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, Waking the Village reported income of $3.7m and spending of $3.9m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.0m to $3.7m (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Waking the Village 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 90th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boys Club of Pharr Inc ($3.7m), Eles Place Inc ($3.7m) and Friends of the Children - Austin ($3.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 63% and program service revenue 32% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $2.3m. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $575k, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 123 employees.