Nourish California

Analysis

Nourish California is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Nourish California reported income of $2.1m and spending of $1.9m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $929k to $2.1m (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 124%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Nourish California sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Family Works Programs Inc ($2.1m), Cheerful Home Association ($2.1m) and Kan-Win ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% and program service revenue 0.9% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $187k (9.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $625k. It paid $2,868 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $526k, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 11 employees.