Help of Carpinteria

Analysis

Help of Carpinteria is a registered charity in United States, based in Carpinteria, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1993, 33 years ago. 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, Help of Carpinteria reported income of $69k and spending of $89k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $176k to $69k (-61%), an average of -61% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Help of Carpinteria sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 27th percentile, and in the 29th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wheels From the Heart Inc ($69k), Sisters Network ($69k) and PTA Tennessee Congress of Parents & Teachers Inc ($69k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% of the total. At year end it held assets of $477k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $477k.