A Safe Place

Analysis

A Safe Place is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1978, 48 years ago. 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 June 2023, A Safe Place reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.1m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $839k to $1.0m (+21%), an average of +4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, A Safe Place sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc ($1.0m), Spectrios Institute for Low Vision ($1.0m) and Our Place Drug and Alcohol Education Services Inc ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $142k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $319k. At year end it held assets of $3.5m against liabilities of $1.0m, net assets of $2.5m. It reported 10 employees.