Culture of Life Family Services

Analysis

Culture of Life Family Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Escondido, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Culture of Life Family Services reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.5m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $1.5m (+2.0%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Culture of Life Family Services sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 84th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hark-Als Inc ($1.5m), Flatwater Foundation ($1.5m) and National Council on Independent Living ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 29% and program service revenue 54% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $597k. At year end it held assets of $334k against liabilities of $329k, net assets of $4,873. It reported 31 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.