Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service Inc

Analysis

Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Buffalo, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service Inc reported income of $7.0m and spending of $6.9m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $6.3m to $7.0m (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service Inc sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Finger Lakes Health Foundation Inc ($7.0m), Ablelight Foundation Inc ($7.0m) and Clearwater Free Clinic Inc ($7.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% and program service revenue 17% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $234k (3.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $4.2m. At year end it held assets of $4.7m against liabilities of $2.9m, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 133 employees.