Sanghapala Foundation

Analysis

Sanghapala Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Redwood Vly, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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, Sanghapala Foundation reported income of $1.2m and spending of $352k, leaving 72% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $1.2m (+0.4%), an average of +0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 35% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Sanghapala Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Every Nation Cincinnati Church ($1.2m), Disciplenations Inc ($1.2m) and John Ramirez Evangelistic Ministries Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $18k, net assets of $1.6m.