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Community Coalition for Substance Abuse

Los Angeles, California · EIN 95-4298811 · Community Improvement · tax-exempt since 1995

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 55.4 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended December 2024.

Graded against 2,883 community improvement nonprofits with revenue $10M–$50M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.37.5 months42
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.100% of practices100
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.17
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.97% from one source25
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.93.0%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.1.5%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.03not scored

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Year by year

201520162017201820202021202220232024grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Dec 2024Form 990$13.19M$9.08M$4.10M$28.38M37.5106C
Dec 2023Form 990$9.92M$9.62M$292K$24.28M30.3139C
Dec 2022Form 990$15.13M$8.60M$6.54M$23.99M33.5119C
Dec 2021Form 990$12.02M$8.69M$3.34M$17.45M24.1190C
Dec 2020Form 990$12.32M$7.44M$4.88M$14.11M22.8175C
Dec 2018Form 990$6.24M$6.20M$31K$8.08M15.6168C
Dec 2017Form 990$7.65M$5.80M$1.86M$8.05M16.7152C
Dec 2016Form 990$5.48M$5.16M$312K$6.19M14.4151C
Dec 2015Form 990$6.20M$4.57M$1.63M$5.89M15.5103C

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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