EMPACT-Suicide Prevention Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742562293
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Tempe, AZ, US
Phone
(480) 784-1514
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hot Line, Crisis Intervention Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$77,246,322
Expenses
$76,651,264
Assets
$76,348,023
Liabilities
$50,535,104

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Daniel Ranieri (President/CEO)
  • Michael Prudence (Vice President/CFO)
  • Kathy Wells (Vice President/COO)
  • Alicia White (Vice President/CFO)
  • Erica Chestnut-Ramirez (Regional Vice President for Central AZ)

Highest reported compensation

  • Daniel Ranieri (President/CEO): $490,578 total reported compensation
  • Amadu Knoteh (Psychiatrist): $342,012 total reported compensation
  • Eddy De Los Santos (Psychiatrist): $328,548 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 provide comprehensive suicide prevention, crisis intervention, and behavioral health services to individuals and families in Arizona.

What it reported doing in 2024

SMI Clinics - Behavioral health and support services to the seriously mentally ill population ($9,588,408 expenses, $8,786,567 revenue)Training - Provide training for mental health/behavioral health professionals ($278,265 expenses, $290,124 revenue)Prevention Services - Prevention programs aimed primarily at children, seniors, tribal members, and survivors of suicide ($385,585 expenses, $348,106 revenue)Integrated Health ($671,986 expenses, $330,035 revenue)Trauma Healing Services - Crisis intervention, counseling, case management and advocacy. Support groups and supportive services provided to any person whose life has been touched by sexual or domestic abuse. Community outreach programs and training programs ($1,446,739 expenses, $1,394,536 revenue)Residential Behavioral Health Care Facilities ($4,642,747 expenses, $5,405,751 revenue)Community Enhancement Grants ($1,304,332 expenses, $1,369,845 revenue)Other - Property ($53,830 expenses, $179,296 revenue)

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 73% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. 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: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.6%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 92%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4,290.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th 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: Limited
  • 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: 0.8%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.66; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.5% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 9 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 91.6% of revenue deployed · 92% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $70.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $491K · 20 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.5M reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 49 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.
  • 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 47/100.