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- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
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- None
- IRS files
- Agree
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- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- Not current
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$189krevenue
FY2024 · −79% in 3 yrs1staff
8 of 8years filed
’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin−51.6%
Months of reserve1.3mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+39.0%
Middle half of peersMedianBright Star
Where the money goes FY2024 · $286k spent
Programs$274k96%Management and general$12k4%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 3 of the last 3 years
−$125k in FY2022, −$90k in FY2023 and −$97k in FY2024. Cash covers 1.3 months, under the peer median of 5.1.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 39% a year since FY2017, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort3funders
$30ka year, last 2 years
83%from its largest funder
Funder’22’23Mondays DarkNew in FY2023$50kThe John C Kish FoundationNew in FY2023$10kCaplin FoundationOn and off$250
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