Brattleboro Retreat
Overview
Mission
Inspired by the courage of our patients, the Brattleboro Retreat is dedicated to children, adolescents and adults in their pursuit of recovery from mental illness and psychological trauma. We are committed to excellence in treatment, advocacy, education, research, and community service. We provide hope, healing, safety and privacy through a full continuum of medical and holistic services delivered by expert caregivers in a uniquely restorative Vermont setting.
What it reported doing in 2024
Offering a full continuum of care including inpatient and partial hospitalization, residential care for children, intensive outpatient services for adults, and traditional outpatient treatment for children, adolescents, and adults.Patient Days: Inpatient: 32,945, Partial: 5,053, Residential: 2,689, Outpatient: 25,181
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 030107360
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2020
- Headquarters
- Brattleboro, VT, USA
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and the filing reports few safeguards for setting executive pay.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 92
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79.2%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 80.7%; rating input score 81
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: Limited
- Public policy transparency: Limited
- Public financial transparency: Limited
- Impact reporting controls: Limited
- Public relationship transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 86.7%; rating input score 87; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.1%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0.63; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 79.2% of revenue deployed · 80.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $76.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $574K · 23 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 annual filings from 2010 to 2024
- Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link