Elijah House Foundation

Analysis

Elijah House Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Oroville, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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, Elijah House Foundation reported income of $9.8m and spending of $9.5m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $9.8m (+540%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2019, when income rose by 142%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Elijah House Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mercy Community Capital ($9.8m), Operation Fuel Inc ($9.8m) and Homeward Bound of Western North Carolina Inc ($9.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $5.7m. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $2.8m, net assets of -$1.3m. It reported 749 employees.