LifeWorks NW
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 930502822
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Portland, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5036453581
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Mental Health Treatment F31 Psychiatric, Mental Health Hospital
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $60,717,267
- Expenses
- $50,976,728
- Assets
- $124,362,415
- Liabilities
- $30,063,793
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
25 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARY MONNAT (PRESIDENT/CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- IAN STARR (PSYCHIATRIST): $389,292 total reported compensation
- CORTNEY TAYLOR (PSYCHIATRIST): $361,238 total reported compensation
- MARY MONNAT (PRESIDENT/CEO): $325,830 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Provides community-based mental health, addiction, and prevention services to the community.
What it reported doing in 2024
Chemical dependancy treatment - we offer proven alcohol and drug treament programs for youth ages 12 to 21 and their families. We coordinate our efforts with schools, juvenile justice, family and friends to develop life-long recovery and support for each young person in our care. With programs grounded in evidence-based practice, lifeworks nw is the leading portland metro area addiction provider with the largest number and variety of services. We also provide culturally specific treatment for african-american and latino youth. Lifeworks nw provides addiction services for adults from basic outpatient therapy to more extensive day and residential programs. (continued on schedule o).we also provide a range of treatment for those struggling with problem gambling - both the gambler and his or her family. Other services include women's intensive services, residential treatment and transitional housing and help for those within the criminal justice system. We use a number of research-based therapeutic models such as cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational therapy to support our clients and increase their participation in treatment.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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. Some filed totals do not add up and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 68
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 69.7%; rating input score 70
- Program expense ratio: 81.9%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $77.78 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- 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; 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: 16%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.44; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.4%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 69.7% of revenue deployed · 81.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $41.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $389K · 25 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $494K reported
- Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 11 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.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.