San Diego Center for the Blind

Analysis

San Diego Center for the Blind is a registered charity in United States, based in San Diego, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1990, 36 years ago. 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, San Diego Center for the Blind reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.8m, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $1.4m (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, San Diego Center for the Blind sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 84th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Literacy Project Inc ($1.4m), Attic Incorporated ($1.4m) and Ronald McDonald House of Central & Northern New Jersey Inc ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 65% and program service revenue 11% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. At year end it held assets of $8.2m against liabilities of $77k, net assets of $8.1m. It reported 25 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.