Center for Environmental Health

Analysis

Center for Environmental Health is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1997, 29 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 December 2023, Center for Environmental Health reported income of $3.7m and spending of $5.1m, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $7.7m to $3.7m (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Center for Environmental Health sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Independent Living Center of Mid- Missouri Inc ($3.7m), Hospital for Consumptives of Maryland ($3.7m) and Hidalgo County Clinical Services Inc ($3.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 66% and program service revenue 27% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $402k (7.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.2m. At year end it held assets of $4.8m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $3.7m. It reported 41 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.