Columbia Basin Health Association

Analysis

Columbia Basin Health Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Othello, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1975, 51 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 November 2023, Columbia Basin Health Association reported income of $104.6m and spending of $94.4m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2019 to November 2023, income grew from $51.7m to $104.6m (+103%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2023, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Columbia Basin Health Association sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile, and in the 99th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jackson Park Hospital Foundation ($104.5m), Clny Alliance Inc ($104.7m) and Huggins Hospital ($104.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending November 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 42% and program service revenue 53% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $2.6m (2.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $29.9m. At year end it held assets of $121.3m against liabilities of $12.0m, net assets of $109.2m. It reported 544 employees.