Direct Care Inc

Analysis

Direct Care Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Lake Charles, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2004, 22 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, Direct Care Inc reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.9m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $1.9m (+46%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Direct Care Inc sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Louisiana Inc ($1.9m), National Alliance Against Disparities in Patient Health ($1.9m) and Mamou Health Resources Inc ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 91% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $521k against liabilities of $32k, net assets of $489k. It reported 103 employees.