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MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE CENTER
Using data as of: June 2016

Rating: RECOMMEND

About
The Mental Health Resource Center provides a range of behavioral health services for adults, adolescents, children, and families. Services include emergency evaluations and crisis stabilization, case management, social rehabilitation, medication management and other outpatient services. They operate two main facilities, several treatment centers around the state, and two apartment complexes that provide permanent, independent living arrangements for those with psychiatric disabilities.

A government grant allowed them to expand their North Jacksonville location to create a “Comprehensive Service Center” to serve as an urgent care facility for those with mental health and substance abuse issues. The South location is also being expanded to add more treatment beds and staff. The grant requires matching contributions from the community and they will need more funding to increase staff and expand service hours.

Donations to MHRC go to helping cover the costs for those who cannot afford service and to expanding their facilities and staff.

More information on the Mental Health Resource Center can be found here:
www.mhrcflorida.com/

MHRC Facebook:
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In the news:
http://jacksonville.com/news/2016-12-26/mental-health-resource-center-begins-renovation-new-comprehensive-service-facility


Our Analysis

Roughly half of the revenue to Mental Health Resource Center comes from grants and the other comes from payment for the services they provide.


Of that $22.67 million in donations, $22.66 million came in the form of government grants while only $13,000 came from public contributions.


They were fairly efficient in their spending, with just over 88% of spending going to their mission. We like to see a charity spend at least 75% on their mission, so their 88% is respectable. They also have no fundraising expenses.

Spending on mission
38,455,061 ÷ 43,381,250 = 88.6%


Notable Contributions
MHRC received a grant of over $5 million from Family Support Services.

Our Conclusion
Mental Health Resource Center operates in a tough industry. We note that many negative reviews can be found online. They emphasize they are for “crisis stabilization” and cannot remedy serious problems requiring longer-term solutions that many expect. Recent and planned expansions will help in this respect. They provide a needed service and we give them a RECOMMEND rating.


Contact:
Mental Health Resource Center
Administration
P.O. Box 19249
Jacksonville, Florida 32245-9249
(904) 743-1883, option #7


Form 990 Financial Information: LINK


Financial information comes from the latest Form 990 filing. This review is the opinion of Local Philanthropic and is provided for general information purposes only. Please conduct your own due diligence before donating to any nonprofit.