Rochester Mental Health Center

Analysis

Rochester Mental Health Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Rochester, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1966, 60 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, Rochester Mental Health Center reported income of $7.6m and spending of $9.2m, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $8.1m to $7.6m (-6.1%), an average of -1.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Rochester Mental Health Center sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Montebello Community Health Services Inc ($7.6m), California State University San Marcos Foundation ($7.6m) and Liberty Community Connections Inc ($7.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 21% and program service revenue 79% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $109k (1.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $6.2m. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $10.8m, net assets of -$9.6m. It reported 158 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.