Compass Behavioral Health

Analysis

Compass Behavioral Health is a registered charity in United States, based in Garden City, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1979, 47 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, Compass Behavioral Health reported income of $19.8m and spending of $17.4m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $13.1m to $19.8m (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 40%. 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, Compass Behavioral Health sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Augsburg Lutheran Home of MD Inc ($19.8m), Center for Family and Child Enrichment Inc ($19.8m) and Great Plains of Cheyenne Co Inc ($19.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.7% and program service revenue 94% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $268k (1.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $11.1m. At year end it held assets of $20.7m against liabilities of $4.0m, net assets of $16.7m. It reported 338 employees.