Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens

Analysis

Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens is a registered charity in United States, based in Goleta, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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, Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens reported income of $420k and spending of $497k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $378k to $420k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Teen Challenge of South Carolina ($420k), Kids Turn San Diego ($420k) and Show-Me Christian Youth Home Facilities Inc ($420k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 101% and program service revenue 0.7% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $247k (50% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $61k. It paid $4,550 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $5,329, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 2 employees.