Axess Family Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
341735884
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Ravenna, OH, USA
Phone
3302977027
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospitals and Related Primary Medical Care Facilities

Reported finances

Revenue
$62,056,344
Expenses
$53,911,839
Assets
$54,790,366
Liabilities
$8,204,835

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

29 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEBORAH MANN (PRESIDENT)
  • DENNIS CAMPBELL (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MARK FRISONE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DR EDWARD SCOTT (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, MD): $369,816 total reported compensation
  • DR VIKIL K GIRDHAR (DIR OF INTEGRATED MEDICAL SERVICES): $327,442 total reported compensation
  • MELANIE BORTELL (DOCTOR OF OSTEOPATHY): $281,149 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To open pathways to wellbeing by connecting communities to health and supportive services.

What it reported doing in 2024

Clinical programsvalley health services - located in warren, valley health services is a community behavioral health provider primarily serving the residents of trumbull county, and extending services to the residents of portage, mahoning, and columbiana counties. Valley health services is certified to provide both mental health and substance use disorder services by the Ohio department of mental health and addiction services. During fy2024, valley health services provided services to approximately 6,284 children, adolescents, and adults through various programs and service lines at their four locations. Some of the services provided are diagnostic assessment, individual and group counseling, individual and group case management, crisis intervention, and medication management. Valley health services continues to increase accessibility to services by creating walk-in clinics and by strategically locating services within schools, the local children's services board, the juvenile and family court systems, the local domestic violence shelter, and multiple child daycare centers. Additionally, cooperative relationships have been established with probate court, local coalitions to end homelessness and with area inpatient psychiatric units to assist clients in remaining in their local communities. The intention has been to be an active participant in providing a continuum of care for the mentally-ill.goulger counseling- offers a large array of services to help families and individuals attain optimum mental health functioning, including individual psychotherapy, group counseling, and psychiatric services. Through our in-home behavioral health counseling and case management services, we assist in family and individual stabilization. We offer several diversion programs, driver intervention program for offenders with ovi's, think about your future for adult offenders charged with under aged drinking, and bic 60 for first time marijuana offenders. Participants in these programs engage in drug and alcohol education through individual and group sessions, pay court costs and engage in community service as their sentence for their offenses. The counseling department also offers specialized groups that include parenting, anger management, and gender specific trauma groups. Group and individual sessions are offered for these programs as well. We also offer extensive programming for individuals in recovery, including an intensive outpatient program, medication assisted treatment, inpatient sud treatment and outpatient treatment. Axess family services has four sober living houses and two recovery houses certified through Ohio recovery housing. On track to recovery program (ottr) is a certified recovery house for men who are struggling with housing as they work on their sobriety. Parc is also a certified recovery house that offers case management, peer support, individual and group counseling. Parc has 23-beds that serve women in recovery. Root house is our male sud inpatient treatment program that has 10 beds to serve male clients. In fy 2020, we also expanded our footprint in the community by adding a new recovery/reunification house in portage county. Gougler counseling served approximately 919 individuals through its recovery programs, and approximately 418 through its mental health programs in fy 2024.enough is enough a reentry program that supports individuals transitioning from incarceration back into the community by providing comprehensive case management, housing assistance, and employment support. The program helps participants address barriers such as substance use, mental health needs, and legal challenges, promoting successful reintegration and reducing recidivism. During this fiscal period, 1,000 hours of screening, individual sessions, fellowship engagement, referrals were provided to 150 individuals.foster care and adoption services a full-service foster care and adoption program serving children (ages 0-18), their families and fos

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.2%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 90.8%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.1%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.02; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.2% of revenue deployed · 90.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 9 filed program accomplishments · $49M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $370K · 29 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $5.4M reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 38 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.