Gesundheit Institute

Analysis

Gesundheit Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Arlington, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, 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 2022, Gesundheit Institute reported income of $281k and spending of $360k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $354k to $281k (-21%), an average of -7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 152% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Gesundheit Institute sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 60th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tusten Volunteer Ambulance Service Inc ($281k), Richmond Community Services Foundation Inc ($281k) and Hope for the Homeless Inc ($281k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 69% and program service revenue 30% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $108k (30% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $68k. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $31k, net assets of $2.9m. It reported 6 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.