Center for Health and Learning Ltd

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
030351024
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Shelburne, VT, USA
Phone
8022546590
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,066,516
Expenses
$1,169,280
Assets
$334,844
Liabilities
$41,922

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Liz McLean (President)
  • Michael MacMullin (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Lorie Holtgrave (Executive Dir.): $119,727 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Building a foundation for healthy communities through educational resources, leadership training, policy developments and technical assistance.

What it reported doing in 2024

Vermont Department of Mental Health (DMH): CHL partnered with the Vermont Department of Mental Health through their suicide prevention grant to support the development of systemic and sustainable infrastructure in Vermont focused on best practices for the prevention of suicide. Provided training in effective suicide prevention practices; promoted public awareness through messaging that suicide is a matter of public health and is preventable; led the development of public and private policies; expanded the implementation of a Zero Suicide approach in Vermont through training and education within mental health and healthcare organizations. CHL offered a Zero Suicide Institute for all project partners which included a full day of interactive training and breakout projects to help each organization develop more skills in implementing Zero Suicide model across their organization and into their respective communities. CHL also facilitated the training 80 clinicians in CAMS (Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality); 86 people were trained to use the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (CSSRS), a tool that is used for screening and assessment of people who present with suicidal thoughts or behaviors, conducted Umatter suicide awareness and skills trainings SPAST) with over 100 people trained in our public offerings and additional people trained through other SPAST trainings coordinated through different grants or fee for service offerings; conducted Introduction to Zero Suicide trainings and also began to offer Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) trainings for both clinicians and any interested person, with a total of 95 people trained in CALM. CHL also supported the activities of the Vermont Suicide Prevention Center and the Vermont Suicide Prevention Coalition. CHL held 4 Coalition meetings in 2024 with 131 people attending.Distributed over 10,000 wallet cards with suicide prevention resources. Planned and delivered a virtual Vermont Suicide Prevention Symposium with over 200 attendees. Also supported the activities of the Vermont Suicide Prevention Center and the Vermont Suicide Prevention Coalition.Distributed over 10,000 wallet cards with suicide prevention resources. Planned and delivered a virtual Vermont Suicide Prevention Symposium with over 200 attendees. Also supported the activities of the Vermont Suicide Prevention Center and the Vermont Suicide Prevention Coalition.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 92% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.9%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 78.4%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $43.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 68%; rating input score 68; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • 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: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9.6%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.29; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.2%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.9% of revenue deployed · 78.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 7 filed program accomplishments · $916K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $120K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 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: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.