House of Mercy

Analysis

House of Mercy is a registered charity in United States, based in Des Moines, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1989, 37 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, House of Mercy reported income of $5.1m and spending of $7.6m, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $5.5m to $5.1m (-8.3%), an average of -2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, House of Mercy sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mother Hull Home ($5.1m), Community Health Free Clinic ($5.1m) and Community Friendship Inc ($5.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 69% and program service revenue 28% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $2.4m, net assets of -$1.2m.