Orange County Parks Foundation

Analysis

Orange County Parks Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Irvine, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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 June 2023, Orange County Parks Foundation reported income of $204k and spending of $359k, spending 176% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $206k to $204k (-0.8%), an average of -0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Orange County Parks Foundation sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Quality Life Blueprint ($204k), Savannah Waterfront Association Ltd ($204k) and Southeast Asian Refugee Community Home-Search ($204k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.2% of the total. At year end it held assets of $6.5m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $6.5m.