Jewish Federation of Ventura County

Analysis

Jewish Federation of Ventura County is a registered charity in United States, based in Ventura, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1983, 43 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 Federation of Ventura County reported income of $833k and spending of $699k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $693k to $833k (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 179%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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 Federation of Ventura County sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Visitation Community Outreach Foundation ($833k), Franklin County Community Foundation Inc ($834k) and George C Wallace State Community College Foundation ($832k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 61% and program service revenue 5.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $128k (18% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $166k. At year end it held assets of $8.3m against liabilities of $2.5m, net assets of $5.8m. It reported 13 employees.