D a R E America

Analysis

D a R E America is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Monica, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1990, 36 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 December 2023, D a R E America reported income of $3.7m and spending of $4.7m, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $12.8m to $3.7m (-71%), an average of -27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, D a R E America 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 Good Hope Hospital Inc ($3.7m), Ronald McDonald House Charities of North Central Florida Inc ($3.7m) and Third Wave Volunteers Inc ($3.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 61% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $926k (20% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $520k. It paid $1.1m in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $1.3m, net assets of $430k. It reported 15 employees.