Clausen House Inc

Analysis

Clausen House Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Clausen House Inc reported income of $2.9m and spending of $3.0m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $4.2m to $2.9m (-31%), an average of -9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Clausen House Inc sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Edmonds Senior Center ($2.9m), Foundations Community Childcare Inc ($2.9m) and L Arche Syracuse Inc ($2.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 4.2% and program service revenue 91% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $166k (5.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.4m. At year end it held assets of $7.9m against liabilities of $285k, net assets of $7.6m. It reported 33 employees.