Serenity Counseling and Psychological Services

Analysis

Serenity Counseling and Psychological Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Maria, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2021, 5 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, Serenity Counseling and Psychological Services reported income of $370k and spending of $324k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $117k to $370k (+215%), an average of +78% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 123%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Serenity Counseling and Psychological Services sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope Pregnancy Center ($370k), Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement ($370k) and Western Maine Addiction Recovery Initiative ($370k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $207k (64% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $48k. It paid $1,710 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $93k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $93k. It reported 4 employees.