Streams in the Desert Foundation Inc

Analysis

Streams in the Desert Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Apple Valley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 December 2023, Streams in the Desert Foundation Inc reported income of $2.1m and spending of $2.3m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $644k to $2.1m (+231%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 123%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Streams in the Desert Foundation Inc sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Holocaust Museum Houston Foundation ($2.1m), Arizona Cardinals Foundation ($2.1m) and Friends of Bermuda Community Foundation ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $81k (3.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $84k. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $31k, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 2 employees.