Park West Childrens Fund Inc

Analysis

Park West Childrens Fund Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Lake Charles, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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 February 2024, Park West Childrens Fund Inc reported income of $540k and spending of $470k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2020 to February 2024, income fell from $614k to $540k (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 163% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Park West Childrens Fund Inc sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 70th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Child Sponsorship Program Inc ($540k), Facts and Logic About the Middle East Inc ($541k) and Tijuana Christian Mission City of Refuge ($540k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending February 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.9m against liabilities of $12k, net assets of $3.9m.