A Positive Attitude Outlook of Southern California

Analysis

A Positive Attitude Outlook of Southern California is a registered charity in United States, based in RCH Cucamonga, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1999, 27 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, A Positive Attitude Outlook of Southern California reported income of $220k and spending of $271k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $532k to $220k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, A Positive Attitude Outlook of Southern California sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lync8 Project Corp ($220k), Shelbyville Community Soup Kitchen ($220k) and Hindu Charities for America ($220k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $51k (19% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $144k against liabilities of $991k, net assets of -$846k.

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.