Spinal Cord Society

Analysis

Spinal Cord Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Fergus Falls, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, 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, Spinal Cord Society reported income of $818k and spending of $348k, leaving 58% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $347k to $818k (+136%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 209%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Spinal Cord Society sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Omega Mental Health ($818k), Houston Va Research & Education Foundation ($818k) and Labor Community Strategy Center ($818k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $112k (32% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $697k against liabilities of $1,777, net assets of $695k. It reported 3 employees.