Behavioral Health Services North

Legal name: Behavioral Health Services North Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
141338346
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Plattsburgh, NY, USA
Phone
5185638000
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Mental Health Center

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$54,660,663
Expenses
$52,990,606
Assets
$37,231,794
Liabilities
$18,247,210

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KATHERINE COOK (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • HARRY W MAHOOD (PSYCHIATRIST): $333,486 total reported compensation
  • KATHERINE COOK (CEO): $331,052 total reported compensation
  • RALPH L BERRY (PSYCHIATRIST): $317,392 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Behavioral Health Services North (BHSN) is committed to strengthening individuals, families, and the community by providing behavioral health and human service programs that offer essential, cost-effective, and compassionate care.

What it reported doing in 2025

Children's servicesbhsn provides services to approximately 800 children and their families who experience a vast array of behavioral health issues and that support the well being of the communities they serve, outside of a traditional clinic setting. These services include: adventure based counseling, social skills development, comprehensive psychiatric supports, family support services, peer support services, child care management, therapeutic foster care services, and home visiting services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 75% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.2%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 89.8%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • 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; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.1%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.7; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.49; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.7% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.2% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 87.2% of revenue deployed · 89.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $47.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $333K · 18 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $518K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.