Oral Lee Brown Foundation

Analysis

Oral Lee Brown Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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, Oral Lee Brown Foundation reported income of $355k and spending of $202k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $828k to $355k (-57%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Oral Lee Brown Foundation sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eaton Senior Communities Inc ($355k), Backtrack Inc ($356k) and Sinai Assisted Housing Foundation Inc ($355k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $52k. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.5m. It reported 1 employees.