Participa

Analysis

Participa is a registered charity in United States, based in Bernalillo, NM. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1998, 28 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 December 2023, Participa reported income of $134k and spending of $170k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $222k to $134k (-40%), an average of -40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Participa sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 40th percentile within NM. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Asociacion Nacional de Ciegos ($134k), Madison Community Services Inc ($134k) and Hagerman Valley Senior and Community Center ($134k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.4% and program service revenue 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $75k against liabilities of $1,026, net assets of $74k.