Foundation for the Study of Highly Sensitive Persons

Analysis

Foundation for the Study of Highly Sensitive Persons is a registered charity in United States, based in Belvedere Tiburon, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2014, 12 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, Foundation for the Study of Highly Sensitive Persons reported income of $77k and spending of $98k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $7,961 to $77k (+864%), an average of +864% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 864%. Over the whole period it spent 142% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Foundation for the Study of Highly Sensitive Persons sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 30th percentile, and in the 32nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Partner to Decide Inc ($77k), Volusia County Intergroup Services Inc ($77k) and Red Oak Area Volunteer Fire Department ($77k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 20% of the total. At year end it held assets of -$21k against liabilities of $0, net assets of -$21k.