LA Vie Center

Analysis

LA Vie Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Pasadena, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1994, 32 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, LA Vie Center reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.8m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.8m to $1.8m (-2.2%), an average of -0.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, LA Vie Center sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alternatives for Better Living ($1.8m), Sumaira Foundation ($1.8m) and Alliance for Paired Donation Inc ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.2% and program service revenue 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $56k (3.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $450k. At year end it held assets of $127k against liabilities of $4,802, net assets of $123k. It reported 29 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.