Behavioral Health System Baltimore, Inc.

Legal name: Behavorial Health Systems Baltimore

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521519025
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Baltimore, MD, US
Phone
410-637-1900
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Mental Health Treatment F31 Psychiatric, Mental Health Hospital

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$59,059,725
Expenses
$59,120,202
Assets
$42,748,916
Liabilities
$39,423,605

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

Leadership & pay

26 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CRISTA TAYLOR (PRESIDENT CEO)
  • LYNN MUMA (VICE PRESIDENT STRATEGY)
  • KATHI RUFFIN (VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE OPERATIONS)
  • ADRIENNE BREIDENSTINE (VICE PRESIDENT POLICY COMMUNICATIONS)
  • STEVE JOHNSON (VICE PRESIDENT PRGRAMS)
  • DENISE WHEATLEY-ROWE (VICE PRESIDENT ACCOUNTABLITY)

Highest reported compensation

  • CRISTA TAYLOR (PRESIDENT CEO): $313,698 total reported compensation
  • LYNN MUMA (VICE PRESIDENT STRATEGY): $245,798 total reported compensation
  • KATHI RUFFIN (VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE OPERATIONS): $225,112 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 advance behavioral health and wellness for all Baltimore residents.

What it reported doing in 2024

Local behavioral health audthoritylbha for baltimore city responsible for monitoring, selecting distributing funds to providers of mental health services to children adults

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 99% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 82% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.1%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 91%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 84.6%; rating input score 85; 32nd 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: -0.1%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.72; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.92; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 9 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 91.1% of revenue deployed · 91% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $53.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $314K · 26 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $834K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 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: 13 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.