Hiding Place Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
HIDING PLACE'S MAIN PROGRAM IS HELPING WOMEN IN CRISIS SITUATIONS, SPECIFICALLY YOUNG SINGLE WOMEN WHO FIND THEMSELVES PREGNANT, WHO ARE EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO CHOOSE LIFE FOR THEIR BABY AND WHO HAVE NO WHERE TO TURN FOR HELP.
- Income
- $62,171
- Spending
- $89,262
- Reserves
- -21.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 82%
- Highest pay
- $35,000, director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 14 out of 100. Higher than 3% of charities in its peer group (religion, under $250k).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 44% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 44% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $63,257 spent. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1986, THE HIDING PLACE HAS ASSISTED OVER 3,000 WOMEN WHO HAVE GIVEN BIRTH TO OVER 2,000 HEALTHY BABIES. SOME OF THESE WOMEN OBTAINED HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS AND COLLEGE DEGREES, RECEIVED EMERGENCY MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN, OBTAINED FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND STABILITY, LEARNED MARKETABLE JOB SKILLS, GRADUATED FROM THE ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAM AND RETURNED TO FAMILY, FRIENDS AND THEIR COMMUNITY WITH PRIDE, STABILITY AND THE ABILITY TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES AND THE FAMILIES.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 1995.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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