Batten Disease Support and Research Association

Analysis

Batten Disease Support and Research Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Gahanna, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, 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, Batten Disease Support and Research Association reported income of $746k and spending of $952k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $954k to $746k (-22%), an average of -5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Batten Disease Support and Research Association sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dementia Alliance of North Carolina Inc ($746k), At Ease USA ($746k) and Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation Inc ($746k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $98k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $184k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $83k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 4 employees.