Public Health Advocates

Analysis

Public Health Advocates is a registered charity in United States, based in Davis, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2000, 26 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, Public Health Advocates reported income of $6.4m and spending of $8.0m, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.4m to $6.4m (+90%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 81%. 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, Public Health Advocates sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 94th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ko Olauloa Health Center ($6.4m), Christus Health Strategic Growth ($6.4m) and Womens Christian Association of Kansas City Missouri ($6.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 0.5% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $424k (5.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.0m. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $792k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 49 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.