Contact Helpline

Analysis

Contact Helpline is a registered charity in United States, based in Harrisburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1971, 55 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, Contact Helpline reported income of $808k and spending of $916k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $627k to $808k (+29%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Contact Helpline sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Living Hope Counseling Center ($808k), Heartland Crisis Pregnancy Center Inc ($808k) and Monroe Clinic and Hospitalfoundation ($808k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 24% and program service revenue 72% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $80k (8.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $561k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $35k, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 35 employees.