Ford Street Project

Analysis

Ford Street Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Ukiah, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1982, 44 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 June 2023, Ford Street Project reported income of $3.3m and spending of $3.0m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $2.4m to $3.3m (+39%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ford Street Project sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Carolina Infant Young Child Mental Health Association ($3.3m), James Dennis Medical Foundation Inc ($3.3m) and Mary Greeley Medical Center Foundation ($3.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 15% and program service revenue 85% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $113k (3.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.4m. At year end it held assets of $7.3m against liabilities of $2.2m, net assets of $5.1m. It reported 47 employees.