Better Decisions Counseling

Analysis

Better Decisions Counseling is a registered charity in United States, based in Sacramento, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2017, 9 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, Better Decisions Counseling reported income of $124k and spending of $151k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $85k to $124k (+47%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Better Decisions Counseling sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 45th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Asclepius Snakebite Foundation ($124k), Columbus Regional Hospital Auxiliary Inc ($124k) and Frederick County 4-H Therapeutic Riding Program ($124k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1 against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.