Tides Inc

Analysis

Tides Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in State College, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 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, Tides Inc reported income of $156k and spending of $156k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $127k to $156k (+23%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Tides Inc sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Breast Cancer Research and Assistance Fund ($155k), Institute for Behavior and Health Inc ($156k) and International Narcotics Research ($155k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 49% of the total. At year end it held assets of $164k against liabilities of $6,939, net assets of $157k.