Safe Refuge

Analysis

Safe Refuge is a registered charity in United States, based in Long Beach, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, 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, Safe Refuge reported income of $8.4m and spending of $8.0m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $7.2m to $8.4m (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Safe Refuge 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 CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hip of Spokane County ($8.4m), Licking Memorial Health Foundation ($8.4m) and Caspar Inc ($8.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% and program service revenue 5.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $320k (4.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $4.0m. At year end it held assets of $11.9m against liabilities of $2.6m, net assets of $9.2m. It reported 81 employees.