Imagine a Center for Coping with Loss

Analysis

Imagine a Center for Coping with Loss is a registered charity in United States, based in Mountainside, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2012, 14 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 August 2023, Imagine a Center for Coping with Loss reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.7m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $1.8m (+22%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2021, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Imagine a Center for Coping with Loss sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bethesda Chevy Chase Rescue Squad Inc ($1.8m), Louisiana Association on Compulsive Gambling ($1.8m) and Thomas M Wernert Center ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% and program service revenue 21% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $197k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $674k. At year end it held assets of $2.7m against liabilities of $999k, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 13 employees.