Westminster Jefferson Park Housing

Analysis

Westminster Jefferson Park Housing is a registered charity in United States, based in Inglewood, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2000, 26 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Westminster Jefferson Park Housing reported income of $437k and spending of $614k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $422k to $437k (+3.5%), an average of +0.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 129% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Westminster Jefferson Park Housing sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Montclair Shared Housing Association Inc ($437k), Luther Court Inc ($437k) and Access Senior Housing of Willington Inc ($437k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 48% and program service revenue 49% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.7m against liabilities of $6.5m, net assets of -$1.8m.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.