The Serenity Center Inc
Analysis
The Serenity Center Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbia, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2025. 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 2021, The Serenity Center Inc reported income of $108k and spending of $128k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2021, income fell from $206k to $108k (-47%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.
Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Serenity Center Inc sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile, and in the 40th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Garden County Health Services Foundation ($108k), Maine Coast Medical Realty Inc ($108k) and Foundation for Christian Counseling ($108k).
On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.0% and program service revenue 97% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $81k. At year end it held assets of $408k against liabilities of $52k, net assets of $356k. It reported 3 employees.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Contributions & grants 3.0%
- Program services 97%
- Other 0.0%
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Garden County Health Services Foundation | Oshkosh | $108k |
| Maine Coast Medical Realty Inc | Brewer | $108k |
| Foundation for Christian Counseling | Greensburg | $108k |
| The Virginia Hospital Center Arlington Auxiliary Inc | Arlington | $108k |