Friendship Bench Inc

Analysis

Friendship Bench Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Burlingame, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2022, 4 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 December 2023, Friendship Bench Inc reported income of $5.1m and spending of $2.8m, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 1927%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friendship Bench Inc sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Health Free Clinic ($5.1m), Cactus Health Services Inc ($5.1m) and House of Mercy ($5.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $49k, net assets of $2.5m.