Wounded Heroes Fund Kern County Chapter

Analysis

Wounded Heroes Fund Kern County Chapter is a registered charity in United States, based in Bakersfield, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2009, 17 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, Wounded Heroes Fund Kern County Chapter reported income of $474k and spending of $485k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $407k to $474k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Wounded Heroes Fund Kern County Chapter sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 71st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lettuce Dream ($474k), Pearland Neighborhood Center ($474k) and Child International ($474k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $65k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $176k. At year end it held assets of $524k against liabilities of $157k, net assets of $367k. It reported 7 employees.