The Council on Recovery

Analysis

The Council on Recovery is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1953, 73 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 August 2023, The Council on Recovery reported income of $7.3m and spending of $7.8m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income fell from $8.3m to $7.3m (-12%), an average of -3.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Council on Recovery sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Western North Carolina Inc ($7.3m), Intermountain Planned Parenthood Inc ($7.3m) and Hatzolah Emergency Air Response Team Inc ($7.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 11% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $468k (6.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $4.3m. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $785k, net assets of $831k. It reported 112 employees.