Enrichment and Social Opportunities for Life Skills

Analysis

Enrichment and Social Opportunities for Life Skills is a registered charity in United States, based in Northridge, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2000, 26 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 December 2023, Enrichment and Social Opportunities for Life Skills reported income of $2.3m and spending of $2.4m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $2.3m (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Enrichment and Social Opportunities for Life Skills sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless ($2.3m), Ten Directions Inc ($2.3m) and Street Grace ($2.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.0% and program service revenue 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.3m. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $1.8m, net assets of $753k. It reported 53 employees.