Dress for Success Bakersfield

Analysis

Dress for Success Bakersfield is a registered charity in United States, based in Bakersfield, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, Dress for Success Bakersfield reported income of $94k and spending of $101k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $57k to $94k (+65%), an average of +65% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Dress for Success Bakersfield sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 37th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bristol Borough Raising the Bar Inc ($94k), Eastmoreland Neighborhood Association ($94k) and Sustain Equity Group ($94k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% and program service revenue 7.9% of the total. At year end it held assets of $67k against liabilities of $24k, net assets of $44k.