Great Lakes Dryhootch

Analysis

Great Lakes Dryhootch is a registered charity in United States, based in Milwaukee, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2016, 10 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Great Lakes Dryhootch reported income of $878k and spending of $1.0m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $493k to $878k (+78%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Great Lakes Dryhootch sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mascoma Community Healthcare Inc ($878k), West Virginia Medical Professional Health Program Inc ($879k) and Cheerful Helpers Child and Family Study Center Inc ($878k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.7% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $523k. At year end it held assets of $173k against liabilities of $481k, net assets of -$308k. It reported 26 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.