British Benevolent Society of California Inc

Analysis

British Benevolent Society of California Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Mill Valley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1948, 78 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, British Benevolent Society of California Inc reported income of $148k and spending of $202k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $312k to $148k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, British Benevolent Society of California Inc sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 49th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kaitlyn Eckelberry Memorial Fund ($148k), Noblebank Foundation ($148k) and Dalmatian Club of America Foundation Inc ($148k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 24% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $78k (39% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $22k. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $1,839, net assets of $2.0m. It reported 1 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.