National Council for Behavioral Health

Analysis

National Council for Behavioral Health is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1982, 44 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, National Council for Behavioral Health reported income of $83.6m and spending of $76.9m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $59.6m to $83.6m (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 51%. 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, National Council for Behavioral Health sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation Inc ($83.4m), Trinity Continuing Care Services ($83.6m) and Cancer Care Co-Payment Assistance Foundation Inc ($83.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 36% and program service revenue 46% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $2.9m (3.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $22.5m. At year end it held assets of $75.9m against liabilities of $10.3m, net assets of $65.6m. It reported 318 employees.