Melmark New England Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043563345
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Andover, MA, USA
Phone
9786544300
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$69,149,615
Expenses
$64,570,878
Assets
$53,687,957
Liabilities
$24,394,530

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RITA M GARDNER MPH LABA BCBA (PRESIDENT/CEO)
  • FRANK BIRD MED LABA BCBA (Executive Vice President)
  • THOMAS J CROFCHECK CPA (Vice President & CFO)
  • WILLIAM AHEARN MBA CPA (VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS)
  • KATHERINE SALVATORE MED LABA BCBA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NEW ENGLAND)

Highest reported compensation

  • RITA M GARDNER MPH LABA BCBA (PRESIDENT/CEO): $854,988 total reported compensation
  • FRANK BIRD MED LABA BCBA (Executive Vice President): $419,809 total reported compensation
  • HELENA MAGUIRE MS LABA BCBA (VP and Chief Clinical Officer): $374,588 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Melmark new england, is a multi state human services provider with premier private special education schools, professional development, training, and research centers. Melmark new england is committed to enhancing the lives of individuals with autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families by providing exceptional evidence based and applied behavioral analytic services. A full range of community and campus based residential, educational, prevocational, and vocational services are provided, in addition to twenty-four hour nursing care, physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, behavioral support and psychological services. Individuals served range from preschool to adults with many levels of intellectual, behavioral and physical challenges.

What it reported doing in 2024

(expenses: $22,252,543 including grants of)(revenue: $22,267,067) children's residential services (andover, ma): for students who require a 24-hour therapeutic and structured learning environment, melmark new england's children's residential program offers the highest standard of residential care and supervised supportive services oriented to meet each student's individual needs. The census at the end of the fiscal year was 50 children. Under the close supervision of well-trained staff with bachelor's degrees or higher, the children work on self-care, leisure time, vocational, daily living and community iep goals in a homelike atmosphere. Students are provided with structured daily schedules that help to provide consistency as well as to present expectations in a clear manner. They enjoy outdoor play activities and community recreational and leisure opportunities. Outings are a regular occurrence and include activities such as gym activities, shopping, swimming, picnics and hiking. In addition, students are introduced to more complex skills such as meal preparation and setting out weather appropriate clothing for school and group leisure activities. All students are provided a 24-hour educational/residential individualized education program (iep), as part of their specific iep objectives, a variety of in house and community safety lessons are introduced to the children. Family reunification is an essential goal for all residential students. Parent support and training is a component of all programming in an effort to learn and replicate the same routines within their family home.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 95% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
  • 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.2%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 90.1%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.06 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th 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: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.6%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.83; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.45; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.6%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 46.2% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 42.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.4% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.2% of revenue deployed · 90.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $58.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $855K · 21 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 46/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.