Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse for Greater New Orleans

Analysis

Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse for Greater New Orleans is a registered charity in United States, based in New Orleans, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1962, 64 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 June 2023, Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse for Greater New Orleans reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.6m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $1.7m (+35%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse for Greater New Orleans sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rape Trauma Services ($1.7m), Unity Consortium ($1.7m) and Sozo Recovery Centers Inc ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% and program service revenue 11% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $243k (15% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $712k. At year end it held assets of $998k against liabilities of $365k, net assets of $633k. It reported 20 employees.