Volar Center for Indendent Living

Analysis

Volar Center for Indendent Living is a registered charity in United States, based in El Paso, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1986, 40 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 September 2023, Volar Center for Indendent Living reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.1m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $1.7m to $1.1m (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Volar Center for Indendent Living sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Transport Assistance Inc ($1.1m), Childlaw Services Inc ($1.1m) and Project Echo Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $82k (7.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $325k. At year end it held assets of $911k against liabilities of $80k, net assets of $831k. It reported 19 employees.