Teen Challenge of the Midlands Inc

Analysis

Teen Challenge of the Midlands Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Colfax, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1978, 48 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, Teen Challenge of the Midlands Inc reported income of $3.9m and spending of $3.9m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.1m to $3.9m (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Teen Challenge of the Midlands Inc sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 91st percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Behavioral Health Network of Greater St Louis ($3.9m), Columbus Speech and Hearing Center ($3.9m) and Metroplex Clinic Physicians Inc ($3.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% and program service revenue 14% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.0m. At year end it held assets of $4.0m against liabilities of $1.7m, net assets of $2.3m. It reported 67 employees.