Compeer West Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 161454202
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Buffalo, NY, USA
- Phone
- 7168833331
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Mental Health, Crisis Intervention N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,025,670
- Expenses
- $1,716,460
- Assets
- $3,969,171
- Liabilities
- $371,778
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHERI ALVAREZ (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- CHERI ALVAREZ (CEO): $148,493 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote mental well-being and reduce social isolation and loneliness by fostering meaningful human connections through nonclinical programs including 1:1 mentoring, friendship and community engagement.
What it reported doing in 2025
See schedule o: compeer west, inc. (the organization) was incorporated on january 31, 1994, as a not for profit corporation. The organization's mission is to promote mental well being and reduce social isolation and loneliness by fostering meaningful human connections through nonclinical social engagement programs.the organization serves adults and youth who may experience loneliness or isolation related to mental health challenges, life transitions, or other barriers to connection. Programs include mental health education, one to one mentoring and friendship, and group engagement activities designed to strengthen social relationships, build confidence, and increase community participation.in addition, compeer serves as the headquarters, supporting approximately 40 affiliate locations across four countries. In this role, the organization provides program leadership, training, technical assistance, and quality support to empower local communities worldwide to implement the compeer model of social connection programs that promote mental well being through meaningful relationships.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 73.7%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 83.4%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- 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; 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: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15.3%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.31; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 73.7% of revenue deployed · 83.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $148K · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.