Mental Health America of Boone County

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
351078402
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Lebanon, IN, USA
Phone
7654823020
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Mental Health, Crisis Intervention N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,666,377
Expenses
$1,790,583
Assets
$1,387,498
Liabilities
$209,260

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MATT TAYLOR (PRESIDENT)
  • KEVIN O'ROURKE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • PASCAL FETTIG (PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • PASCAL FETTIG (PRESIDENT/CEO): $124,525 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Mental health america of boone county promotes and develops programs providing safe refuge from traumatic life events and address intellectual, emotional, physical, recreational, and cultural needs of youth of boone county and their families.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provide services that respond to the emotional, psychological, and/or physical needs of crime victims. Provide services that assist primary and secondary victims of crime to stabilize their lives after victimization. Provide services that assist victims to understand and participate in the criminal justice system. Provide services that give victims of crime a measure of safety and security. Domestic violence shelters provide immediate safety and support for victims, offering secure locations. Mha emergency shelter provides refuge from an imminently dangerous situation. We assist victims in pursuing legal means of intervention such as protection orders, in addition to offering counseling and other services. Our goal is to continue securing alternative emergency housing which offers a safe environment for victims while they receive supportive services to help them in their transition to independence. Build stable and independent lives through case management and mentoring programs. Prevent future cases of domestic violence by providing domestic violence prevention education as an outreach to community groups, schools, churches, and businesses. Addresses physical and emotional needs of children. This includes crisis intervention, support groups and helping them learn elements of healthy relationships. Break the cycle of domestic violence by educating our community on the signs of domestic violence.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 66% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.7%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 78.6%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $18.02 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 25th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.5%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.77; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.7% of revenue deployed · 78.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $125K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 47/100.