Fresh Start Foundation

Analysis

Fresh Start Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Lafayette HL, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1997, 29 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Fresh Start Foundation reported income of $6.1m and spending of $6.0m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $5.6m to $6.1m (+7.5%), an average of +1.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Fresh Start Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 91st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ithaca Alpha House Center Inc ($6.1m), Banner Alzheimers Foundation ($6.1m) and Hunterdon Urgent Care PC ($6.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.5% and program service revenue 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $2.4m. At year end it held assets of $3.1m against liabilities of $4.0m, net assets of -$895k. It reported 105 employees.