Kids Escaping Drugs Inc

Analysis

Kids Escaping Drugs Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in West Seneca, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1988, 38 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, Kids Escaping Drugs Inc reported income of $769k and spending of $932k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $791k to $769k (-2.8%), an average of -0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Kids Escaping Drugs Inc sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ira Sohn Conference Foundation Inc ($769k), Catawba Medical Foundation Inc ($769k) and Michigan Urban Search & Rescue Training Foundation Inc ($769k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 57% and program service revenue 39% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $99k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $295k. At year end it held assets of $5.9m against liabilities of $471k, net assets of $5.5m. It reported 9 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.