Gandara Mental Health Center Inc

Overview

Mission

To promote the well being of hispanics, african-americans and other culturally diverse populations across the commonwealth of Massachusetts through innovative, culturally competent behavioral health, prevention, and education services.

What it reported doing in 2024

See schedule oadult long term residential/cbfs: gmhc offers several programs that focus on transitional and permanent housing for youth, adults, and families in the lower pioneer valley. These programs include: gandara residential services for women (grsw)is a women's recovery program. The program focuses on behavior techniques with postive reinforcement. Staff work with participants to help encourage positive behavior and to help participants to learn skills to support a life of sobriety. The program is for women ages 18 and older with an average stay of 6-12 months in the program.hairston house is a recovery program for up to 17 males age 18 and older, who are willing to take responsibility for developing and maintaining an individual service plan. The program focuses on substance abuse and uses behavior modification techniques along with positive reinforcement. The average stay is 3-6 months.gandara addiction recovery program (garp) is a 37 bed facility that provides long-term residential services. The program focuses on residential recovery treatment for spanish speaking men with a dependency on alcohol and drugs. The average stay is 6-12 months, depending on individual need.

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 filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042622756
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Springfield, MA, USA
Phone
4137368329
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.2%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 86.1%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.66 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 5%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.67; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.6%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.2% of revenue deployed · 86.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $66.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $333K · 15 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.4M reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 annual filings from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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

15 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • LOUIS VELAZQUEZ (PSYCHIATRIST): $332,714 total reported compensation
  • LOIS NESCI (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $282,369 total reported compensation
  • ERIKA RYAN (APRN): $248,630 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.