Bamsi
Overview
Mission
Serve Massachusetts since 1975. BAMSI is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and access for all; to creating a holistic system of care that meets people where they are; and abolishing the stigmas surrounding mental illness, disability, and addiction. At its core, BAMSI is about building connections with people and services. BAMSI transforms lives by building the capacity of individuals, families, organizations, and communities to learn, thrive, and achieve their goals.
What it reported doing in 2024
Mental health programs provide outpatient mental health counseling to approximately 1765 individuals at a clinic, in outreach locations, or an in-home therapy. Additional services for approximately 318 individuals also include residential homes and independent living support for those with mental health challenges; employment support, therapeutic day programs. Services are also provided to approximately 1,020 youth with mental health challenges and their families.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 95% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 042562377
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Website reviewed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Headquarters
- Brockton, MA, USA
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Services
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and the website gives limited detail about important organizational relationships.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 70
- Accountability: 89
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.8%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 89.4%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: $24.85 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public policy transparency: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Public financial transparency: 0 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Impact reporting controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Public relationship transparency: No; rating input score 0
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Public governance controls: 0 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.3%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0.55; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.61; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.5%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 88.8% of revenue deployed · 89.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $119.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $440K · 24 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
- Money network: 8 filed money-flow records