Wendell Starling Housing Corporation

Analysis

Wendell Starling Housing Corporation is a registered charity in United States, based in Oceanside, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2002, 24 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 June 2024, Wendell Starling Housing Corporation reported income of $108k and spending of $128k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $72k to $108k (+50%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 121% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Wendell Starling Housing Corporation sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile, and in the 41st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dompet Dhuafa USA Inc ($108k), Joshuas Promise ($108k) and Community and Seasoned Citizens ($108k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% and program service revenue 13% of the total. At year end it held assets of $272k against liabilities of $126k, net assets of $145k.

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.