Cbhs Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
461236771
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Middletown, NY, USA
Phone
8456159312
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Mental Health Treatment F31 Psychiatric, Mental Health Hospital

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$316,239
Expenses
$611,315
Assets
$513,514
Liabilities
$186,458

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ADRIENNE MARCUS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SETH DIAMOND (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • STEPHANIE MADISON (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARK SASVARY LCSW (CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER): $178,047 total reported compensation
  • NICOLE WILLNER (CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER): $167,852 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 support its members' efforts to provide effective behavioral health services to the medicaid, medicare, and uninsured population. Cbhs develops the resources necessary to establish leading edge responses to the evolving health care system in New York state.

What it reported doing in 2024

First accomplishment cbhs realizes the need for nimble, responsive, cost effective ways to serve people with behavioral health challenges, and other populations. In order to accelerate our knowledge and preparation for value-based contracting, we are partnering with healthcare providers, health homes, and managed care companies to create the outcomes needed for the future. Cbhs is creating a deep menu of innovative services that are financially viable and responsive to people's needs. We have been leaders in New York state's transformation to a person-centered model of care and are recognized for our recovery services that are outcome-driven and that incorporate peer and natural supports. We utilize strength-based planning in our behavioral health and child welfare services that draws heavily upon natural supports to promote positive outcomes. During 2018, cbhs was awarded an expanded contract through westchester medical center pss to continue improvements in population health from people with complex needs including transitioning to community outpatient care following psychiatric hospitalization. Also in 2018, cbhs received an award of a behavioral health care collaboration grant through the New York state office of mental health. In addition, cbhs inc. Provided leadership through the hudson valley in providing care management for people with complex needs and integrating primary and behavioral health care.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 70% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 58% for direct work, and 42% for 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: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 98.4%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 80th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: -93.3%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.4%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $601K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $178K · 21 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $326K reported
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.