Safer Alternatives Through Networking and Education

Analysis

Safer Alternatives Through Networking and Education is a registered charity in United States, based in Sacramento, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2001, 25 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, Safer Alternatives Through Networking and Education reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.6m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $343k to $1.6m (+372%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 314%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Safer Alternatives Through Networking and Education sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include First Choice Womens Resource Centers ($1.6m), Healing California ($1.6m) and Covenant Services Inc ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 61% and program service revenue 39% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $91k (5.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $569k. At year end it held assets of $227k against liabilities of $8,879, net assets of $218k. It reported 33 employees.