Mental Health Association of Erie County

Analysis

Mental Health Association of Erie County is a registered charity in United States, based in Buffalo, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1964, 62 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 December 2023, Mental Health Association of Erie County reported income of $2.8m and spending of $2.8m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.0m to $2.8m (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 32%. 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, Mental Health Association of Erie County sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Agency ($2.8m), Blue Water Mental Health Clinic ($2.8m) and Matagorda County Womens Crisis Center Inc ($2.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% and program service revenue 13% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $125k (4.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $2.1m, net assets of $478k. It reported 62 employees.