Santa Cruz Community Health Centers

Analysis

Santa Cruz Community Health Centers is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Cruz, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1975, 51 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 June 2023, Santa Cruz Community Health Centers reported income of $26.1m and spending of $23.5m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $17.3m to $26.1m (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Santa Cruz Community Health Centers sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Westrn Arkansas Counseling & Guidance Center Incorporated ($26.0m), Union County Physician Corporation ($26.1m) and Saint Johns Health System ($26.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 31% and program service revenue 68% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $1.7m (7.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $13.5m. At year end it held assets of $28.6m against liabilities of $11.5m, net assets of $17.1m. It reported 241 employees.