Lake Whatcom Residential & Treatment Center

Analysis

Lake Whatcom Residential & Treatment Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Bellingham, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1969, 57 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, Lake Whatcom Residential & Treatment Center reported income of $13.2m and spending of $13.2m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $9.9m to $13.2m (+33%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lake Whatcom Residential & Treatment Center sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Willowood of Great Barrington Inc ($13.2m), Farmington Health Services ($13.2m) and Metro Health Foundation of Massachusetts Inc ($13.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $374k (2.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $7.7m. At year end it held assets of $5.5m against liabilities of $1.3m, net assets of $4.3m. It reported 176 employees.