American Trauma Society

Analysis

American Trauma Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Falls Church, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, 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, American Trauma Society reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.5m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.0m to $1.6m (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, American Trauma Society sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community in Crisis Inc ($1.6m), American Association of Sex Educators Counselors and Therapist ($1.6m) and Compeer Rochester Inc ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 42% and program service revenue 51% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $444k, net assets of $2.0m.