YWCA of Watsonville

Analysis

YWCA of Watsonville is a registered charity in United States, based in Watsonville, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1956, 70 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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 June 2023, YWCA of Watsonville reported income of $1.2m and spending of $977k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $791k to $1.2m (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, YWCA of Watsonville sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Presa Community Service Center ($1.2m), Maine Federation of Farmers Markets ($1.2m) and Eastern Carolina Payee Services Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $194k (20% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $348k. At year end it held assets of $656k against liabilities of $422k, net assets of $234k. It reported 16 employees.