Mental Health America of Dutchess County Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
141402059
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
Phone
8458672401
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Health

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$22,167,360
Expenses
$21,984,536
Assets
$17,909,437
Liabilities
$3,552,066

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

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PAUL ACKERMANN (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANDREW O'GRADY (EXECUTIVE DI): $296,769 total reported compensation
  • LISANN CONNOLLY (COO): $179,924 total reported compensation
  • KRISTY QUINN (CLINICAL DIR): $170,692 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Mental health america of dutchess county, inc. (mha) is a voluntary not for profit organization dedicated to the promotion of mental health, the prevention of mental illness and the improved care and treatment of persons with mental illnesses. Mha envisions a just, humane and healthy community in which every individual is treated with dignity and respect and where comprehensive mental health services of the highest quality are available and accessible to all. Mha promotes mental well being and advances recovery from mental illness by providing a range of rehabilitation, supportive, case management, education, advocacy and drop in services for adults, children, youths and families.

What it reported doing in 2025

Pros recovery services - recovery is the ultimate goal of psychiatric rehabilitation services. Through personal support, reintegration into the community and building on strengths and unique needs of the individuals, persons with mental illness learn to manage symptoms and reach goals. Family support and advocacy services - family support and advocacy offers the dutchess county mental health community, programs that provide empowerment, skill building, advocacy and peer interaction for families and individuals. Homeless & mica services (the living room) - a resource, support and referral center for those who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness, and have mental health and/or addiction problems. Families and individuals are provided with supportive services and referral to community services for housing, employment, addiction, mental health, benefits and other services. The living room provides a safe haven during the day, with needed facilities for the homeless. Home & community based services (hcbs) - as part of providing care coordination for an individual enrolled in a harp or HIV snp, the care manager will ensure the individual is informed of the bh hcbs benefits available to them, has a person-centered discussion with the individual about their recovery goal(s), and how bh hcbs may help achieve their goals. Adult bh hcbs include habilitation, education support services, pre- vocational services, transitional employment, intensive supported employment support, ongoing supported employment support, and non-medical transportation. This category also includes housing, police outreach and peer services.

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 98% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 97
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.6%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 84.2%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $251.48 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • 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: 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 0.8%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.81; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.5%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.6% of revenue deployed · 84.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $18.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $297K · 22 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 6 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 54/100.