Interact of Michigan Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
382999425
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020
Location
Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Phone
2693813700
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Mental Health Association

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,047,477
Expenses
$10,738,380
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TRAVIS SWIERINGA (CEO)
  • LUCINDA STINSON (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • RAVINDER P MEDIRATTA (PSYCHIATRIST): $173,001 total reported compensation
  • TRAVIS SWIERINGA (CEO): $126,852 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Interact of Michigan, inc. Is dedicated to collaborative delivery of evidence-supported mental health and substance abuse treatments that foster hope and wellness. Interact of Michigan, inc. Has developed services designed to meet the range of needs presented by individuals with mental illness, developmental disabilities, and/or substance abuse problems. The agency serves more than 1,900 individuals per year who primarily reside in kalamazoo county and kent county.

What it reported doing in 2020

The center for dbt services - provides dialectical behavior therapy for people who experience intense emotions, self-harm urges, and difficult interpersonal relationships. The center for dbt services serves both adults and adolescents using evidence-based skills training and individual therapy. Dbt outpatient services for adults and adolescents are available at the kalamazoo site. Dbt services in kent are currently available only for adults enrolled in act services at our grand rapids site. Substance abuse services - for co-occurring disorders provides individual therapy and group skills training to help people who have both mental health and substance use problems by focusing on treating both needs at the same time. Sas targets the stage of change appropriate to the person served: engagement, active treatment, or relapse prevention. Case management supports are also available. Sas outpatient services currently offered in kalamazoo only. Community payee services - provides budgeting help to individuals who have been determined by the social security administration to need money management assistance. Available to people enrolled in interact services in kalamazoo and grand rapids. Also serving ottawa county residents. The peer-run wellness center - offers a continuum of activities based on concepts of wellness that foster hope and lead to recovery. Peer specialists are staff who have personal experience with mental illness or substance abuse treatment and are role models for recovery. Wellness center currently offered in kalamazoo only. Navigate - is an evidence-based treatment for early detection and treatment of first episode psychosis aimed at people ages 15 to 30. Navigate utilizes a multi-aspect team treatment approach to improve symptoms, reduce relapses, and improve participants' ability to work, socialize, and live independently. Navigate is in grand rapids and kalamazoo.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 95% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 90.6%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -18.7%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.8%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.2% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $9.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $173K · 15 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2009 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.