Western Surgical Association

Analysis

Western Surgical Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Prairie VLG, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, 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 December 2023, Western Surgical Association reported income of $218k and spending of $253k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income fell from $225k to $218k (-3.3%), an average of -0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Western Surgical Association sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 55th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include On Demand Kare Inc ($218k), Madison Maddy Flahertys Mission to Help Foundation Inc ($218k) and Crush Rett Syndrome ($218k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 33% and program service revenue 67% of the total. At year end it held assets of $247k against liabilities of $36k, net assets of $211k.