Prevented

Analysis

Prevented is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1965, 61 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, Prevented reported income of $4.8m and spending of $5.3m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.0m to $4.8m (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Prevented sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 90th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Miracle Foundation Inc ($4.8m), Luminis Health Pathways Inc ($4.8m) and Haymakers for Hope Inc ($4.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 1.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $243k (4.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.4m. At year end it held assets of $4.7m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $3.6m. It reported 78 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.