Franciscan Workers of Junipero Serra

Analysis

Franciscan Workers of Junipero Serra is a registered charity in United States, based in Salinas, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1985, 41 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, Franciscan Workers of Junipero Serra reported income of $3.5m and spending of $3.9m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.2m to $3.5m (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Franciscan Workers of Junipero Serra sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kiss the Ground ($3.5m), The Young Mens Christian Association of Wayne County ($3.5m) and Missouri Child Care Resource and Referral Network ($3.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 1.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $173k (4.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.9m. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $221k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 55 employees.