Sixth District Appellate Program

Analysis

Sixth District Appellate Program is a registered charity in United States, based in San Jose, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1989, 37 years ago. 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 June 2023, Sixth District Appellate Program reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.9m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.8m to $1.9m (+6.7%), an average of +1.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Sixth District Appellate Program sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Meadow Montessori School ($1.9m), The Julie Valentine Center ($1.9m) and Western New York Grantmakers Association Inc ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $183k (9.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.0m. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $221k, net assets of $844k. It reported 12 employees.

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.