Shine a Light Counseling Center

Analysis

Shine a Light Counseling Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Cruz, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2013, 13 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Shine a Light Counseling Center reported income of $2.9m and spending of $2.5m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $750k to $2.9m (+284%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Shine a Light Counseling Center sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness Inc ($2.9m), Milan Puskar Health Right Inc ($2.9m) and Asher Community Health Center ($2.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.3% and program service revenue 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $97k (3.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. At year end it held assets of $824k against liabilities of $230k, net assets of $595k. It reported 75 employees.