Believe in Sobriety Foundation

Analysis

Believe in Sobriety Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Laguna Niguel, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2007, 19 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, Believe in Sobriety Foundation reported income of $133k and spending of $96k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $347k to $133k (-62%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 333%. Over the whole period it spent 34% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Believe in Sobriety Foundation sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Dakota Trauma Education Inc ($133k), Curesz Foundation ($133k) and Aiken Womens Heart Board ($133k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $47k. At year end it held assets of $892k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $892k. It reported 5 employees.