Pacific Stroke Association

Analysis

Pacific Stroke Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Palo Alto, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1999, 27 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, Pacific Stroke Association reported income of $156k and spending of $335k, spending 214% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $244k to $156k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Pacific Stroke Association sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 50th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arbol de LA Vida Inc ($156k), Dynamics Residence Corporation of Burke Avenue ($156k) and Standing United Inc ($156k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 29% and program service revenue 71% of the total. At year end it held assets of $233k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $233k.