California Transcribers & Educators for the Blind & Visually Impaired

Analysis

California Transcribers & Educators for the Blind & Visually Impaired is a registered charity in United States, based in Kingsburg, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1967, 59 years ago. 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, California Transcribers & Educators for the Blind & Visually Impaired reported income of $186k and spending of $288k, spending 155% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $157k to $186k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 144%. Over the whole period it spent 156% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, California Transcribers & Educators for the Blind & Visually Impaired sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 54th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Haven Soccer Club Inc ($186k), New Lebanon Library ($186k) and Urbandale Boosters Inc ($186k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 21% and program service revenue 78% of the total. At year end it held assets of $174k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $174k.

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.