San Francisco Senior Center

Analysis

San Francisco Senior Center is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1953, 73 years ago. 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, San Francisco Senior Center reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.5m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $1.3m (+8.3%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 177%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, San Francisco Senior Center sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Gaston Inc ($1.3m), American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Foundation Inc ($1.3m) and Temco Inc ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.5% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $835k. At year end it held assets of $308k against liabilities of $1.5m, net assets of -$1.2m. It reported 16 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.