Anka Behavioral Health Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
942209679
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2016
Forms available
Form 990 2016
Location
Concord, CA, USA
Phone
9258254700
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Mental Health Treatment F31 Psychiatric, Mental Health Hospital

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$46,688,782
Expenses
$46,584,127
Assets
$8,897,009
Liabilities
$9,149,405

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KEN JACOBSON (President)
  • DAVID TRACHTENBERG (Vice President)
  • Christopher A Withrow (Chief Executive Officer)
  • Martin Giffin (Senior Vice President)
  • Karen C Wise (Senior Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Christopher A Withrow (Chief Executive Officer): $344,779 total reported compensation
  • Nzinga Harrison (Chief Medical Officer): $318,364 total reported compensation
  • Janice Washburn (Chief Financial Officer): $187,523 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Anka's mission statement is to eliminate the impact of behavioral health problems for all people. It's vision statement is to be recognized as the premier behavioral health care leader by providing state of the art, cost effective, client centered services. Through support systems even the most marginalized of people can improve their quality of life and be productive members in their communities. Anka serves nearly 15,000 individuals annually and employ hundreds of professional and specialized staff.- Crisis Stabilization- Mental Health Rehabilitation Centers- Intensive Case Management- Substance Abuse Treament Programs- Shelter Services- Group Homes- Assertive Community Treatment- Full Service Partnership Programs- Residential & Community Center Services- Crisis Residential Treatment- Forensic Outpatient & Residential Services- Transitional Residential for Behavioral Health- Outpatient Services- Vocational Services- Homeless Continuum of Care Locations

What it reported doing in 2016

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY: These are contracts funded by Contra Costa County to either provide an alternative to hospitalization for clients experiencing a sub-acute mental health crisis, provide housing and community integration for clients with mental illness or provide employment planning and development for clients with mental illness. The residential programs provide a home-like environment where intensive therapy and medication management can be provided. Two residential programs for adults served approximately 1,530 clients this year, two outpatient programs served approximately 120 individuals each month, one shelter that served 20 homeless each night, two community integration locations that served approximately 120 homeless each day and a rehabilitation center that served approximately 46 clients each day. Stays at the residential programs can vary from seven days to three months.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 61% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.3%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 79.3%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th 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: 0.2%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.03; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.6%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.3% of revenue deployed · 79.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $37M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $345K · 23 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $909K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay and related organizations
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2009 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.