Central Florida Cares Health System, Inc

Legal name: Central Florida Cares Health System Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510448002
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Orlando, FL, United States
Phone
(407) 985-3560
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$127,251,354
Expenses
$126,807,470
Assets
$32,940,780
Liabilities
$32,138,432

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

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEBBIE OWENS (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • IAN GOLDEN (PRESIDENT)
  • LUIS DELGADO (BOARD PAST PRESIDENT)
  • MARIA BLEDSOE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARIA BLEDSOE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $232,094 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL LUPTON (CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER): $157,300 total reported compensation
  • TRINITY SCHAWB (CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER): $155,655 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Manages an affordable, high-quality behavioral health care system for persons with mental health and/or substance use disorders. Since July 2012, Central Florida Cares (CFC) has managed substance use and mental health services (also known as behavioral health services) for Brevard, Orange, Osceola, and Seminole counties, and is supported by Florida’s Department of Children and Families. Central Florida Cares fund a services network comprised of many organizations offering various levels of treatment options. These options include prevention, interventions, crisis support, residential treatment and outpatient services for adults, children, as well as families, to include opioid and medication assisted treatment. It is important to note Central Florida Cares is not a hospital and we do not provide direct service to pati.

What it reported doing in 2024

Central Florida cares health system, inc. (cfchs) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization established by a group of community providers for the purpose of providing affordable, high-quality substance abuse and mental health services to children and adults in Florida department of children & families' (dcf) circuits 9 and 18. Cfchs' board of directors is comprised of 25% providers and 75% community members. Cfchs contracted with a network of behavioral health provider agencies to provide an array of substance abuse and mental health services to clients with no insurance or inadequate insurance coverage. Cfchs' providers have a long history of providing substance abuse and mental health services in the communities that cfchs serves. Cfchs contracts with the designated community mental centers for the counties in its coverage area. A significant percent of the clients that cfchs's contracted providers serve are homeless or indigent. During the fiscal year, an unduplicated total of 29,213 individuals were served in both the mental health and substance abuse programs. During the fiscal year, 15,411 adults and 1,987 children and adolescents received mental health services. During said period, 13,404 adults and 2,528 children and adolescents received substance use services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 100% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.5%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 96.8%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • 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: Limited
  • 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: 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: 0.3%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.98; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.7%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 96.5% of revenue deployed · 96.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $122.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $232K · 23 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $83.9M reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • 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 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.