Blue Skies for Children Inc

Analysis

Blue Skies for Children Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 September 2023, Blue Skies for Children Inc reported income of $2.9m and spending of $3.1m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $2.5m to $2.9m (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Blue Skies for Children Inc 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 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Consumer Credit Counseling Service of the Midwest Inc ($2.9m), The Center for Healthy Families Inc ($2.9m) and Wesley Hospice LLC ($2.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 5.9% and program service revenue 92% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $178k (5.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of $493k, net assets of $2.9m. It reported 55 employees.