The Desert Foundation Auxiliary

Analysis

The Desert Foundation Auxiliary is a registered charity in United States, based in Scottsdale, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1988, 38 years ago. 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 January 2024, The Desert Foundation Auxiliary reported income of $348k and spending of $324k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2020 to January 2024, income grew from $82k to $348k (+325%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2022, when income rose by 377%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Desert Foundation Auxiliary sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pregnancy Care Centers Inc ($348k), Problem Pregnancy of Providence Inc ($348k) and Open Path Retreat Center Inc ($348k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending January 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 18% and program service revenue 81% of the total. At year end it held assets of $241k against liabilities of $167, net assets of $240k.