El Camino Homeless Organization

Analysis

El Camino Homeless Organization is a registered charity in United States, based in Atascadero, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, El Camino Homeless Organization reported income of $3.1m and spending of $2.4m, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $868k to $3.1m (+263%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 104%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, El Camino Homeless Organization sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Project Freedom Inc ($3.1m), U-Go Initiative ($3.1m) and Kingdom Builders US Inc ($3.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $117k (4.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. At year end it held assets of $5.1m against liabilities of $83k, net assets of $5.0m. It reported 37 employees.