Orange County Wine Society Inc

Analysis

Orange County Wine Society Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Costa Mesa, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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, Orange County Wine Society Inc reported income of $596k and spending of $604k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $692k to $596k (-14%), an average of -3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 1146%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Orange County Wine Society Inc sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 74th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Union Arena Inc ($596k), Kendall County Fair Association Inc ($597k) and Germantown Baseball League Inc ($596k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 5.7% and program service revenue 94% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $50k. At year end it held assets of $626k against liabilities of $4,136, net assets of $622k. It reported 23 employees.