Positive Wellness Alliance

Analysis

Positive Wellness Alliance is a registered charity in United States, based in Lexington, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1994, 32 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 2023, Positive Wellness Alliance reported income of $2.1m and spending of $2.5m, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.2m to $2.1m (-7.0%), an average of -1.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Positive Wellness Alliance sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Health Improvement Partners ($2.1m), Health People Inc ($2.1m) and Kabuki Syndrome Foundation ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 40% and program service revenue 59% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $71k (2.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $366k. At year end it held assets of $554k against liabilities of $204k, net assets of $351k. It reported 17 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.