Touch of Kindness

Analysis

Touch of Kindness is a registered charity in United States, based in Los Angeles, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Touch of Kindness reported income of $5.1m and spending of $4.6m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $5.0m to $5.1m (+0.7%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Touch of Kindness sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heights and Hills Inc ($5.1m), Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging Inc ($5.1m) and Span Incorporated ($5.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 109% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $294k (6.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $256k. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $27k, net assets of $2.5m. It reported 10 employees.