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Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
161370949
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Gowanda, NY, USA
Phone
7165325508
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Residential Mental Health Treatment

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,054,060
Expenses
$9,690,351
Assets
$10,196,791
Liabilities
$4,449,752

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MAYA HU-MORABITO (PRESIDENT)
  • KATELYN CONNORS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JENNIFER LEVESQUE (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JENNIFER LEVESQUE (CEO): $124,069 total reported compensation
  • MATTHEW OVERFIELD (CFO): $90,880 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We support people with mental health concerns to improve wellness and live independently with dignity, in the community of their choice, through peer-driven services.

What it reported doing in 2025

Peer service programs provide assistance to individuals diagnosed with mental illness by providing resources and support to enhance daily living skills such as budgeting, shopping, and navigating a new community, and skills to address individual access to and engagement in individualized mental health treatment services. Services and support that assist individuals in meeting self-identified needs, thus accessing opportunities that lead to the most independent lifestyles of their choosing.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 81% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 79% for direct work, and 21% for grants.

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 87.7%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: 19.6%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.05; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71% of revenue deployed · 87.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $8.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $124K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.