Harbor House of Jackson Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
640534899
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Jackson, MS, USA
Phone
6013717335
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,445,180
Expenses
$4,140,058
Assets
$2,060,650
Liabilities
$535,710

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRIS BATES (PRESIDENT)
  • DEDRIA BLACK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DEDRIA BLACK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $33,810 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission remains to offer hope to adults by providing an effective continuum of high quality, valuable, and compassionate behavioral health treatment services.

What it reported doing in 2024

The staff of harbor house of jackson pulled together to accomplish a list of goals and activities during the year ended september 30, 2025 including:1. Contract renewals dmh 3.5 high intensity residential-contract # 6032893 dmh 3.1 low intensity transitional-contract # 6033162 dmh co-occurring disorder specialist (cods)-contract # 6032874 dmh peer support-contract #6032914 dmh early intervention for HIV/AIDS & tuberculosis va residential housing services (mh rrtp) w/ support services-contract # 36c25625c00162. New contracts va adtp residential treatment primary substance use disorder-contract # 36c25625d00723. Client services hh transitioned 126 clients to housing. Hh provided peer recovery support services for 363 (unduplicated) clients. 126 clients participated in aftercare services avani patel, m.d., mha, psychiatrist served an estimate of 208 harbor house clients with co-occurring disorders.4. Training highlights clinical staff attended the 2025 Mississippi trauma informed conference clinical and medical staff attended the 2025 Mississippi addiction conference 50% of the clinical department to include clinical techs were trained by the cods specialist in recognizing mental health 50% of the clinical department including clinical techs were trained by the cods specialist in trauma informed care cods specialist attended 7 statewide trainings cods specialist completed crisis intervention train the trainer cods specialist obtained intensive anger management certification5. Community events participation overdose awareness event-natchez, ms transcon summit-jackson, ms alcorn university health fair-lorman, ms recovery awareness event-hattiesburg, ms public defender's open house-jackson, ms public defender conference-meridian, ms narcan vending machine ribbon cutting ceremony-jackson medical mall governor tate's overdose awareness proclamation ceremony-jackson, ms joined the phast team for hinds county (public, health, & safety team) cods specialist was a presenter at the "don't forget about us: men's mental health & wellness summit"6. Funder visits msphi co-occurring site visit, scored 4.5/57. Staff highlights 2 clinical technicians obtain peer support certification through dmh.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 95% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.8%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 85.4%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $55.59 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings

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: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.9%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.8%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.8% of revenue deployed · 85.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $34K · 12 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $305K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.