El Centro de Ayuda

Analysis

El Centro de Ayuda is a registered charity in United States, based in Los Angeles, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1996, 30 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 June 2023, El Centro de Ayuda reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.5m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $968k to $1.6m (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, El Centro de Ayuda 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 Friendly Hand Foundation ($1.6m), American Society for Preventive Cardiology ($1.6m) and Healing Reins Equine Assisted Services Inc ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 1.9% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $104k (6.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $866k. At year end it held assets of $476k against liabilities of $108k, net assets of $368k. It reported 30 employees.