Open Hands Living

Analysis

Open Hands Living is a registered charity in United States, based in Chico, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2018, 8 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, Open Hands Living reported income of $55k and spending of $53k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $115k to $55k (-52%), an average of -52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Open Hands Living sits at the 19th percentile: it is larger than about 19% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 21st percentile, and in the 23rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grace Foundation Family Transformation Inc ($55k), Victory International Foundation Inc ($55k) and Good Samaritan of Richland County ($55k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $6,053 against liabilities of $0, net assets of $6,053.