Border Area Mental Health Services

Analysis

Border Area Mental Health Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Silver City, NM. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1974, 52 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, Border Area Mental Health Services reported income of $1.7m and spending of $2.3m, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $1.7m (+2.9%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Border Area Mental Health Services sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within NM. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Genesis Health Foundation Inc ($1.7m), Allendale County Rescue Squad Inc ($1.7m) and Mental Health Collective ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 10% and program service revenue 88% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $65k, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 33 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.