Mental Health Advocacy Services Inc

Analysis

Mental Health Advocacy Services Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Glendale, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1979, 47 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 December 2023, Mental Health Advocacy Services Inc reported income of $2.4m and spending of $2.4m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $993k to $2.4m (+138%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mental Health Advocacy Services Inc sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Institute for Safe Medication Practices ($2.4m), Health Quality Partners ($2.4m) and Health Research & Educational Trust of New Jersey ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 101% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $291k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.5m. It paid $24k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $399k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 30 employees.