Orphan & Widows Association

Analysis

Orphan & Widows Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Mission Viejo, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic 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, Orphan & Widows Association reported income of $181k and spending of $129k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $323k to $181k (-44%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Orphan & Widows Association sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 54th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cambio PR Inc ($181k), The Korean American Federation of Orange County ($181k) and Friends of Californians with Disabilities ($181k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $707k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $707k.