Mental Health Kokua

Analysis

Mental Health Kokua is a registered charity in United States, based in Honolulu, HI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1973, 53 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, Mental Health Kokua reported income of $13.9m and spending of $14.5m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $12.6m to $13.9m (+9.9%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 22%. 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, Mental Health Kokua 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 HI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include CHN Nebraska Dba Ctr Nutrtion HLTH ($13.9m), Steadman Philippon Research Institute ($13.9m) and Edgewater Systems for Balanced ($13.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 64% and program service revenue 36% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $392k (2.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $8.3m. At year end it held assets of $12.7m against liabilities of $6.4m, net assets of $6.3m. It reported 333 employees.