Priority Health Care

Analysis

Priority Health Care is a registered charity in United States, based in Marrero, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2009, 17 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, Priority Health Care reported income of $8.5m and spending of $6.9m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $6.4m to $8.5m (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Priority Health Care sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rett Syndrome Research Trust Inc ($8.5m), East Central Oklahoma Family Health Center Inc ($8.5m) and Fannie E Taylor Home for the Aged Care Center Inc ($8.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 28% and program service revenue 30% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $518k (7.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.4m. At year end it held assets of $14.5m against liabilities of $2.9m, net assets of $11.6m. It reported 69 employees.