The Gooden Center

Analysis

The Gooden Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Pasadena, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1964, 62 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, The Gooden Center reported income of $9.4m and spending of $9.3m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $7.6m to $9.4m (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Gooden Center sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include AIDS Council of Northeastern New York Inc ($9.4m), Annenberg School for Communication TR at the University of Southern C ($9.4m) and Rural Health Corporation of Northeastern Pennsylvania ($9.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 4.9% and program service revenue 94% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $1.4m (15% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $4.0m. At year end it held assets of $6.2m against liabilities of $4.7m, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 122 employees.