Columbia Health Services

Analysis

Columbia Health Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Helens, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2004, 22 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 June 2023, Columbia Health Services reported income of $3.2m and spending of $2.8m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.8m to $3.2m (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Columbia Health Services sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ronald McDonald House Southern Arizona ($3.2m), Hazelden New York ($3.2m) and Chicago Recovery Alliance ($3.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% and program service revenue 12% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $98k (3.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. At year end it held assets of $771k against liabilities of $424k, net assets of $347k. It reported 37 employees.