The Guidance Center

Analysis

The Guidance Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Southgate, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1964, 62 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, The Guidance Center reported income of $54.7m and spending of $52.6m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $40.9m to $54.7m (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Guidance Center sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile, and in the 99th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Edward M Kennedy Community Health Center Inc ($54.5m), Navajo Health Foundation-Sage Memorial Hospital Inc ($54.7m) and Amberwell Atchison Association ($54.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 25% and program service revenue 69% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $1.0m (1.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $30.9m. At year end it held assets of $37.0m against liabilities of $11.5m, net assets of $25.5m. It reported 685 employees.