Austin-Travis County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center

Analysis

Austin-Travis County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Austin, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1972, 54 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, Austin-Travis County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center reported income of $130.9m and spending of $129.3m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $103.3m to $130.9m (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Austin-Travis County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile, and in the 100th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sealy & Smith Foundation ($130.8m), Corewell Health ($131.1m) and Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network ($130.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% and program service revenue 12% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $4.5m (3.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $62.9m. At year end it held assets of $111.1m against liabilities of $42.4m, net assets of $68.7m. It reported 1,264 employees.