Assistance League of Santa Ana

Analysis

Assistance League of Santa Ana is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Ana, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1952, 74 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 May 2023, Assistance League of Santa Ana reported income of $1.1m and spending of $769k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2019 to May 2023, income grew from $488k to $1.1m (+117%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Assistance League of Santa Ana sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Foster Advocates ($1.1m), The Place4grace ($1.1m) and Orange Community Action Assn ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 57% and program service revenue 1.7% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $177k. It paid $12k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $3.5m against liabilities of $15k, net assets of $3.5m. It reported 8 employees.