Ala-Costa Center

Analysis

Ala-Costa Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Berkeley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1975, 51 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Ala-Costa Center reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.3m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $1.6m to $1.5m (-9.8%), an average of -2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Ala-Costa Center sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 84th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Montessori Training Center of St Louis Incorporated ($1.5m), Mapleton-Fall Creek Development ($1.5m) and Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Board ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $87k (6.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $700k. At year end it held assets of $939k against liabilities of $152k, net assets of $787k. It reported 36 employees.