Blue Water Mental Health Clinic

Analysis

Blue Water Mental Health Clinic is a registered charity in United States, based in Fort Gratiot, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1952, 74 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, Blue Water Mental Health Clinic reported income of $2.8m and spending of $2.9m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.2m to $2.8m (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Blue Water Mental Health Clinic 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 89th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mental Health Association of Erie County ($2.8m), Equiventure Day Program Inc ($2.8m) and National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Agency ($2.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 1.8% and program service revenue 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $210k (7.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.8m. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $134k, net assets of $914k. It reported 39 employees.