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Screen a listWaves Ahead Corp
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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(2)
$1.7Mrevenue
FY2025 · +79% in 3 yrs8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−4.2%
Months of reserve0.0mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+28.3%
Middle half of peersMedianWaves Ahead
Where the money goes FY2025 · $1.8M spent
Programs$646k36%Management and general$1.2M64%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$38k in FY2023 and −$73k in FY2025. Cash covers 0.0 months, under the peer median of 3.2.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor2
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 28% a year since FY2018, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohortA history of government grants
Government grants on 4 of its 8 returns, 61% of revenue in FY2025. $250k is traced federal awards from Department of Housing and Urban Development.
990 Part VIII · USAspending24funders
$217ka year, last 3 years
32%from its largest funder
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FundedThrough a donor-advised fund