Christian Outreach Center of Baton Rouge Inc

Analysis

Christian Outreach Center of Baton Rouge Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Baton Rouge, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2004, 22 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, Christian Outreach Center of Baton Rouge Inc reported income of $5.3m and spending of $5.5m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $5.3m (+250%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 123%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Christian Outreach Center of Baton Rouge Inc sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Menninger Clinic Foundation ($5.3m), Mental Health Association of Alamed a County ($5.3m) and South Suburban Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse ($5.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 54% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $140k (2.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.3m. At year end it held assets of $524k against liabilities of $226k, net assets of $297k. It reported 85 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.