Fairview House

Analysis

Fairview House is a registered charity in United States, based in Berkeley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2000, 26 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Fairview House reported income of $57k and spending of $81k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $61k to $57k (-6.9%), an average of -6.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Fairview House sits at the 13th percentile: it is larger than about 12% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 22nd percentile, and in the 24th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Omaha Housing Authority Foundation Inc ($57k), Desha Area Directions Inc ($57k) and Coggins Square Inc ($57k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $272k against liabilities of $98k, net assets of $174k.