Neighborhood Effort

Analysis

Neighborhood Effort is a registered charity in United States, based in Reseda, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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, Neighborhood Effort reported income of $358k and spending of $267k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $304k to $358k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Neighborhood Effort sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cornerstone Community ($358k), Independence Landing Inc ($358k) and The Noble Ninth Inc ($358k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $7.0m against liabilities of $565k, net assets of $6.4m.