Jewish Community Foundation of Orange County

Analysis

Jewish Community Foundation of Orange County is a registered charity in United States, based in Irvine, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 December 2023, Jewish Community Foundation of Orange County reported income of $13.3m and spending of $12.6m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $17.1m to $13.3m (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Jewish Community Foundation of Orange County sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heart of West Michigan United Way ($13.2m), Moose Foundation Inc ($13.3m) and The Helen Diller Family Foundation ($13.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 65% and program service revenue 7.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $393k (3.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $298k. At year end it held assets of $101.1m against liabilities of $12.1m, net assets of $89.0m. It reported 7 employees.