California Health Advocates

Analysis

California Health Advocates is a registered charity in United States, based in Roseville, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, California Health Advocates reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.8m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $581k to $1.8m (+207%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 109%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, California Health Advocates sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Finger Lakes Workforce Investment Board Inc ($1.8m), West Community Economic Development Corporation ($1.8m) and Helping Our People Excel Community Development Corporation ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 4.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $89k (5.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $295k. At year end it held assets of $285k against liabilities of $158k, net assets of $127k. It reported 9 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.