El Pajaro Community Development Corporation

Analysis

El Pajaro Community Development Corporation is a registered charity in United States, based in Watsonville, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1980, 46 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, El Pajaro Community Development Corporation reported income of $2.4m and spending of $2.4m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $2.4m (+97%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, El Pajaro Community Development Corporation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Special Olympics New Mexico Inc ($2.4m), Rosenberg Richmond Helping Hands Inc ($2.4m) and Telluride Science ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% and program service revenue 23% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $638k. At year end it held assets of $7.2m against liabilities of $3.8m, net assets of $3.4m. It reported 11 employees.