Cadet Character & Leadership Foundation

Analysis

Cadet Character & Leadership Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Long Beach, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. 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 December 2023, Cadet Character & Leadership Foundation reported income of $1.3m and spending of $858k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $353k to $1.3m (+274%), an average of +55% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 4704%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Cadet Character & Leadership Foundation sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Environmental Learning for Kids ($1.3m), Boys & Girls Clubs of Dumplin Valley Inc ($1.3m) and Boys & Girls Club of New Britain Inc ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $714k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $714k.