Fountain House Inc

Analysis

Fountain House Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1949, 77 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, Fountain House Inc reported income of $33.7m and spending of $36.1m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $22.3m to $33.7m (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Fountain House Inc sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mercy Harvard Hospital Inc ($33.6m), Cerenity Senior Care ($33.7m) and The Charles Lea Center Inc ($33.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 38% and program service revenue 60% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $1.2m (3.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $16.0m. At year end it held assets of $68.1m against liabilities of $9.0m, net assets of $59.1m. It reported 341 employees.