Bay Area Substance Education Services

Analysis

Bay Area Substance Education Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Charlevoix, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1995, 31 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 December 2023, Bay Area Substance Education Services reported income of $1.1m and spending of $768k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $540k to $1.1m (+95%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 72%. 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, Bay Area Substance Education Services sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Middletown Emergency Medical Services Inc ($1.1m), Indy Hematology Education Inc ($1.1m) and Jess Parrish Medical Foundation Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 48% and program service revenue 25% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $116k (15% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $368k. At year end it held assets of $886k against liabilities of $108k, net assets of $778k. It reported 6 employees.