Crisis Text Line Inc

Analysis

Crisis Text Line Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2014, 12 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, Crisis Text Line Inc reported income of $32.3m and spending of $35.6m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $17.7m to $32.3m (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 180%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Crisis Text Line Inc sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beechwood Health Care Center Inc ($32.3m), Cornelia Nixon Davis Inc ($32.3m) and First Care Medical Services ($32.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% and program service revenue 13% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $1.3m (3.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $21.4m. At year end it held assets of $18.0m against liabilities of $2.5m, net assets of $15.6m. It reported 281 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.