Junior League of Palo Alto - Mid Peninsula

Analysis

Junior League of Palo Alto - Mid Peninsula is a registered charity in United States, based in Menlo Park, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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 May 2023, Junior League of Palo Alto - Mid Peninsula reported income of $492k and spending of $553k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2019 to May 2023, income fell from $765k to $492k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2020, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Junior League of Palo Alto - Mid Peninsula sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Change Center Inc ($492k), Local Union No 24 Dayton Area Joint Apprenticeship and Training ($492k) and Youngstown Area Electrical Jatc ($491k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 66% and program service revenue 0.3% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $107k. At year end it held assets of $6.6m against liabilities of $1.0m, net assets of $5.6m. It reported 11 employees.