Dakota Counseling Institute Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
460308930
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Mitchell, SD, USA
Phone
6059969686
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Mental Health Treatment F31 Psychiatric, Mental Health Hospital

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,249,736
Expenses
$7,366,266
Assets
$5,846,407
Liabilities
$1,853,891

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • THERESA KRIESE (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHELLE CARPENTER (EXECUTIVE DI): $158,447 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Dakota counseling institute's mission is to provide a wide array of services to individuals and families with mental illness, behavioral disabilities, and substance abuse. We are committed to assisting individuals in reaching their full potential through prevention, treatment, and community education.

What it reported doing in 2024

In addition to the programs listed above, dakota counseling institute provides services under the following programs - comprehensive assistance with recovery and empowerment for adults diagnosed as severely mentally ill which provided over 11,600 days of management; 24 hour emergency on- call care; medication evealuation and management; social detoxification; substance abuse prevention; treatment needs screenings and assessments in which almost 500 clients were evaluated, and intensive outpatient services for substance abuse to include an intensive methanphetamine program; relapse prevention; and medically monitored inpatient treatment which provided 1,110 days this year. The agency operates a 24-unit apartment low income housing apartment complex subsidized by hud. The agency is accredited by the department of health for a 16-bed behavioral health focused assisted living facility. Dakota counseling institute, inc is accredited for mental health and substance abuse center as well as a core drug and alcohol facility. The catchment area includes but is not limited to the counties of davison, aurora, brule, hanson, mccook, and sanborn. Funding for services includes private pay/insurance, South Dakota department of social services division of behavioral health, medicaid, united judicial services, and united states probation. The organization receives contributions from the city of mitchell, aurora county, davison county, hanson county, hutchinson county, mccook county, and sanborn county to help with fees for indigent clients. Approximately 1,800 clients are receiving services at any given time throughout the agency's programs. A full-time satellite outreach office with all outpatient is open in chamberlain, sd.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 86% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.5%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 93.6%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 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: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.7%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.5% of revenue deployed · 93.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $6.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $158K · 10 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.