California Head Start Association

Analysis

California Head Start Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Citrus HTS, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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 June 2023, California Head Start Association reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.0m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $1.4m to $1.0m (-28%), an average of -8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, California Head Start Association sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Idaho Resilience Project Inc ($1.0m), Judis Place for Kids Inc ($1.0m) and Organization for Social Media Safety ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 6.7% and program service revenue 89% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $98k (9.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $296k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $210k, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 8 employees.