Hiawatha Valley Mental Health Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
410889423
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Winona, MN, USA
Phone
8006576777
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,905,847
Expenses
$15,227,021
Assets
$10,609,978
Liabilities
$5,595,567

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ERIK SIEVERS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • BRAD ANDERSON (PRESIDENT)
  • MIKE WOBBE (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ERIK SIEVERS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $210,821 total reported compensation
  • MICHELLE MONERSON (OP DIRECTOR): $161,862 total reported compensation
  • KIMBERLY KOLSTAD (FINANCE DIRECTOR): $150,791 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Mission the community leader in delivering exceptional, responsive and consumer focused behavioral health services. Vision to provide exceptional mental and behavioral support and services to enhance the well-being of our communities through a non-profit structure. We will achieve our vision by: providing quality, innovative services that are accessible partnering and collaborating with other agencies to increase the health of our communities cultivating ways to fund services and staff resources advancing the continuing education of our staff members by seeking out the best and most current knowledge and training on behavioral health treatment and services.

What it reported doing in 2025

Psychiatry and other services psychiatry and other services - outpatient psychiatric evaluation and medication management is provided by a female psychiatrist and one apn. Psychiatric specialties include intensive evaluation for children and adolescents and specialized services for adults with severe and persistent mental health issues. Dedicated to mental health wellness and preventative health care services to clients, the psychiatry department offers psychiatric assessments and medication management. Registered nurses provide expertise in the assessment and delivery of patient care including visitation and observation, health and wellness education, medication monitoring, and crisis intervention. Our substance abuse program provides tools to help break the cycle of misuse of alcohol (including underage drinking), use of illegal drugs, and improper use of prescription or over the counter medications. We offer assessments, individual counseling, and group counseling. Services are provided in winona and houston counties. A medication clinic operating monday thru friday provides hands-on assistance with medications, prescriptions, coordination with pharmacies and other services. Hiawatha valley mental health center has four homes located in the city of winona, mn that are licensed as board and lodge with special services. Each home provides part time supervision, medication management, and assistance with independent living skills. The board and lodge homes are for adult men and women that have a mental health diagnosis. Hiawatha bluffs living is a permanent supportive housing facility that offers 20, one bedroom, fully furnished apartments for adults with serious mental illness within the 10 county region on southeastern Minnesota. The building is designed for individuals that have been unable to retain stable housing due to mental health symptoms or behaviors. A trained mental health professional is at the facility 24/7 to monitor residents, ensure safety, provide necessary transportation and offer medication management. Crisis response of southeastern Minnesota has a crisis response line that provides 24/7 crisis phone support to children, with the permission of a parent/guardian, and adults. In addition, hiawatha valley mental health center can deploy a mobile crisis team that can come to you. Hiawatha valley mental health center also has additional community based services for children and families beyond school linked/based services that include: wraparound care coordination, intensive treatment foster care, and children's mental health case management (also in fillmore county).

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% 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 the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.5%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 96.6%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.9 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 64th 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: -2.2%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.7; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.53; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.4%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98.5% of revenue deployed · 96.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $14.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $211K · 17 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.