Meier Clinics Foundation

Analysis

Meier Clinics Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Wheaton, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2003, 23 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Meier Clinics Foundation reported income of $10.2m and spending of $10.4m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $9.6m to $10.2m (+6.3%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Meier Clinics Foundation sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include My Community Health Center ($10.2m), Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems ($10.2m) and Center for Health Care Strategies Inc ($10.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 7.6% and program service revenue 92% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $536k (5.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $6.9m. At year end it held assets of $817k against liabilities of $1.0m, net assets of -$231k. It reported 6 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.