Assistance League of Whittier

Analysis

Assistance League of Whittier is a registered charity in United States, based in Whittier, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1955, 71 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 May 2023, Assistance League of Whittier reported income of $111k and spending of $127k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2019 to May 2023, income fell from $153k to $111k (-27%), an average of -7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2021, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Assistance League of Whittier sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Planned Parenthood Association of Pennsylvania Inc ($111k), Alliance Francaise de Charlotte ($111k) and Little League Baseball Inc ($111k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 66% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $12k, net assets of $1.0m.