California Zoroastrian Center

Analysis

California Zoroastrian Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Westminster, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. The IRS classifies it as a church under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, California Zoroastrian Center reported income of $1.4m and spending of $435k, leaving 68% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $458k to $1.4m (+198%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 368%. Over the whole period it spent 45% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, California Zoroastrian Center sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashram Inc ($1.4m), Tanana Valley State Fair Association Inc ($1.4m) and Entrusted Word Ministries ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 68% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $53k. At year end it held assets of $7.1m against liabilities of $65k, net assets of $7.0m. It reported 3 employees.