Discovery Place Inc

Analysis

Discovery Place Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Burns, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1998, 28 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, Discovery Place Inc reported income of $3.0m and spending of $3.2m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $2.8m to $3.0m (+7.5%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Discovery Place Inc sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Dakota Foundation for Medical Care ($3.0m), Fredericksburg Area Health and Support Services Incorporated ($3.0m) and Hilltop Recovery Services ($3.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 5.3% and program service revenue 94% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $234k (7.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $975k. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $176k, net assets of $2.3m. It reported 70 employees.