Desert Sanctuary Inc

Analysis

Desert Sanctuary Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Barstow, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 September 2023, Desert Sanctuary Inc reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.4m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to September 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $1.7m (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 177%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Desert Sanctuary Inc sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Peer Support and Advocacy Network ($1.7m), Harkness House for Children Inc ($1.7m) and Disabled Citizens Alliance for Independence Foundation Inc ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $96k (6.8% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $83k, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 22 employees.