5-Cities Community Service Foundation

Analysis

5-Cities Community Service Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Grover Beach, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 April 2023, 5-Cities Community Service Foundation reported income of $440k and spending of $345k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from April 2020 to April 2023, income grew from $395k to $440k (+11%), an average of +3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, 5-Cities Community Service Foundation sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Foundation of Oyster Bay Inc ($440k), Lutheran Family and Childrens Services Foundation Inc ($440k) and Southampton Bath & Tennis Club Charitable Fund ($440k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending April 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 26% and program service revenue 69% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.6m against liabilities of $610k, net assets of $4.0m.