Working Wonders

Analysis

Working Wonders is a registered charity in United States, based in Brentwood, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2016, 10 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 December 2023, Working Wonders reported income of $418k and spending of $457k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $218k to $418k (+92%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Working Wonders sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charter for Compassion International ($418k), Soup Kitchen in Provincetown Inc ($418k) and Community Adult Day Center Inc ($418k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $323k (71% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $142k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $142k.