Governors Highway Safety Association Ghsa

Analysis

Governors Highway Safety Association Ghsa is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. 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 June 2023, Governors Highway Safety Association Ghsa reported income of $6.1m and spending of $6.4m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $8.7m to $6.1m (-30%), an average of -8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Governors Highway Safety Association Ghsa sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Industrial Emergency Council ($6.0m), Cencora Impact Foundation ($6.3m) and Wesley Chapel Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($5.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 61% and program service revenue 37% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $515k (8.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $765k. At year end it held assets of $13.6m against liabilities of $11.7m, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 11 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.