Manchester Mental Health Foundation

Overview

Mission

To raise and maintain funds to support mental health care for persons in the Greater Manchester, NH area.

What it reported doing in 2024

To raise and invest funds for the benefit of the Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester, a related not-for-profit entity.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 79% of its reported program spending out as grants.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
020441983
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Manchester, NH, USA
Phone
6036684111
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Mental Health, Crisis Intervention N.E.C.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 27
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 84
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 15.3%; rating input score 15
  • Program expense ratio: 54.7%; rating input score 55
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 78%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 115.26; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 140%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11.4% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 15.3% of revenue deployed · 54.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $43K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $196K · 26 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 annual filings from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

26 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Patricia Carty (President & CEO): $196,319 total reported compensation
  • David Sponenberg (Chief Financial Officer(end 1/2025)): $181,666 total reported compensation
  • Jonathan Routhier (VP of Finance & Operations): $156,893 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.