Pittsburgh Free Dispensary Incorporated

Analysis

Pittsburgh Free Dispensary Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1952, 74 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a hospital or medical research organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending May 2023, Pittsburgh Free Dispensary Incorporated reported income of $748k and spending of $490k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from May 2020 to May 2023, income fell from $1.4m to $748k (-48%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 27% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Pittsburgh Free Dispensary Incorporated sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cancer Cures 4 Kids ($748k), South Jefferson Rescue Squad Inc ($748k) and Crisis Pregnancy Center of the Treasore Coast Inc ($748k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 1.4% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $42k (8.5% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $19.5m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $19.5m.